The Chancellor has been married to Ms Murty, the daughter of an Indian tech billionaire, since 2009.
This is yet another example of the Tories thinking it is one rule for them, another for everyone else. “So, according to British law, Ms Murty is treated as non-domiciled for UK tax purposes. “You can give up your domicile of origin, which you inherited from your father,” he said. India does not allow its citizens to hold the citizenship of another country simultaneously. It was introduced to keep wealthy colonialists who made their money abroad happy, as they were financially supporting the British Empire. Non-dom status is only available to British residents who claim that their “domicile” – the centre of their personal and financial interests – is outside the UK.
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Murthy, who is a director at the business, has a 4.5 per cent stake in the firm. The Times reported in February 2020 that Murthy has a stake in her father’s IT company that is worth £185million. She added: "I believe we live in a materialistic society, and over the last few decades it has become easier to sell products to a wide audience, given the advent of globalisation." She is the daughter of the sixth-richest man in India, billionaire N.R Narayana Murthy. Ms Murty, the fashion-designer daughter of a billionaire who married the Chancellor in 2009, insisted she pays taxes on all UK income and said the set-up is required because she is an Indian citizen. Akshata Murty, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, confirmed the arrangement that means she is not legally entitled to pay tax in Britain on foreign income.
Akshata Murthy, whose father is one of India's richest men, is facing scrutiny after it emerged she has kept the status despite living in 11 Downing Street.
'GDM is based on collaborative distributed software development principles and has resulted in the delivery of superior quality software to global customers delivered on time and within budget. And he once wrote a letter to Akshata which was published in a book by her mother Sudha telling of his love for his daughter. ‘I was a father, who had to measure up to the expectations his daughter would have of him at every stage of her life.’ It also means he does not have to disclose fuller details of his investment portfolio. It was revealed last month that when taking on ministerial duties the Chancellor set up a 'blind trust', meaning he did not know where his assets were being invested. Mr Murthy once famously declared in an interview, before he was about to address the World Economic Forum in Davos: 'The real power of money is the power to give it away. She is also a celebrated author and is known in India for her public views on parenting. After graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Mysore University, he worked in the IT industry before helping to set up Infosys. It is understood that Ms Murthy has been living in the UK for nine years. A source close to Mr Sunak said: 'Neither of them has done anything wrong and she has complied fully with UK law. 'He is the UK Chancellor asking people to pay more in taxes. 'It is staggering that at the same time his family may have been benefiting from tax-reduction schemes.
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The Chancellor's wife has claimed non-dom status and linked it to her Indian citizenship, but is she right to do so and what is a non-dom?
If a person gives up their former nationality it may suggest a change of domicile.” Therefore, if you are resident in the UK but a citizen of another country, you must still pay a fee. The charges are £30,000 if you have been in the UK for at least seven of the last nine tax years, or £60,000 for at least 12 of the previous 14 tax years.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak's wife, Akshata Murthy, holds non-domiciled status in the U.K., meaning she doesn't pay British taxes on her foreign ...