Sajid Javid tax

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Sajid Javid admits he held non-dom status and kept his money in an ... (iNews)

The Health Secretary says he became tax resident in the UK in 2009, one year before he became an MP.

He said: “Prior to returning to the UK and entering public life, some of my financial investments were based in an offshore trust. Given heightened public interest in these issues, I want to be open about my past tax statuses.” Mr Javid continued: “In 2009, upon my return to the UK, I became tax-resident in the UK again and also proactively chose to give up my non-domiciled status by making the UK my ‘domicile of choice’.”

Sajid Javid held non-dom status and had money in offshore trust ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Amid an ongoing row over Rishi Sunak's wife's non-dom status, Sajid Javid came clean about his own use of the scheme before entering Parliament.

He said: "While this was an entirely legitimate arrangement, on becoming a minister in 2012 I decided to voluntarily collapse that trust, repatriate all assets to the UK and pay 50 per cent income tax on those assets. After a posting in New York between 1992 and 1996, where he paid US taxes, Mr Javid returned to the UK where he was a tax resident. Mr Javid also admitted to benefitting from an offshore trust when he worked for Deutsche Bank but said he voluntarily "collapsed the trust" when he became a minister in 2012.

Sajid Javid: Health secretary admits he was a non-dom before ... (Sky News)

Mr Javid, a former banker, said he had always followed UK tax rules but was accused of hypocrisy by Labour as millions of people are asked to pay higher ...

"The luxury of being able to choose how much tax you pay, where you pay it, and when you pay it, is not one that is enjoyed by most people in this country." "While this was an entirely legitimate arrangement, on becoming a minister in 2012 I decided to voluntarily collapse that trust, repatriate all assets to the UK, and pay 50% income tax on those assets. In 2006, Mr Javid moved to Singapore and was therefore no longer a tax resident, something which changed when he returned in 2009 and he also "proactively chose" to give up his non-dom status, he said.

Sajid Javid admits he held non-dom status before political career (The Guardian)

Cabinet minister says he had the status – currently causing controversy for Rishi Sunak – while in banking.

He added: “Prior to returning to the UK and entering public life, some of my financial investments were based in an offshore trust. “In 2006 I moved to Singapore with my family and was therefore no longer a UK tax resident. For almost two decades I constantly travelled around the world for work.”

Sajid Javid held non-domicile status for six years when he was a ... (The Independent)

'I want to be open', says health secretary as he reveals he benefited from offshore trust.

As I understand it, these [arrangements] were from a time before he became elected – I know hard it is to believe, some of us did have a life before we were elected.” “But this is the guy who spent six years as a non-dom and had an offshore trust to avoid paying his fair share. The hypocrisy stinks.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. He said “this was an entirely legitimate arrangement”, adding: “On becoming a minister in 2012 I decided to voluntarily collapse that trust, repatriate all assets to the UK and pay 50 per cent income tax on those assets.” He said that after a posting in New York he returned to the UK, and “for some of those years, I was non-domiciled for tax purposes, but I paid all UK taxes due on my income and have always done so.”

Now Javid! Health secretary was non-dom for six years (The London Economic)

Sajid Javid had non-dom status and did not pay tax in the UK on his overseas income for six years, it was revealed last night.

While this was an entirely legitimate arrangement, on becoming a minister in 2012 I decided to voluntarily collapse that trust, repatriate all assets to the UK and pay 50 per cent income tax on those assets. He said that after a posting in New York he returned to the UK, and “for some of those years, I was non-domiciled for tax purposes, but I paid all UK taxes due on my income and have always done so.” In a statement, he said: “I have been domiciled in the UK for tax purposes throughout my entire public life.

Now ex-banker Sajid Javid reveals he was a non-dom before ... (Daily Mail)

Health Secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he had the tax status between 2000 and 2006 before beginning his political career.

Friends have been briefing that he might even opt to walk away from politics to spare his family scrutiny. It meant that Mr Javid - who became an MP in 2010 - did not pay UK tax on his overseas income during this period. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed that he was a non-dom between 2000 and 2006 before beginning his political career Mr Javid said he was entitled to the status because his father was born in Pakistan, although he is not thought to have been domiciled there for tax. The Liberal Democrats are turning up the heat by tabling a law that would force ministers to reveal their tax status and that of their family - although it has little chance of reaching the statute books. The Health Secretary revealed that he had the tax status between 2000 and 2006 before beginning his political career.

Sajid Javid admits he held non-dom status, but says he had a 'moral ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

The Health Secretary said he wanted to be more open about his finances given the 'heightened public interest'

Insisting that he had been domiciled in the UK throughout his “entire public life” Mr Javid said he wanted to be more open about his finances given the “heightened public interest” in the subject. In 2006 he moved to Singapore with his family and was no longer a UK tax resident, later giving up his non-dom status when returning to Britain in 2009. Before becoming an MP in 2010, Mr Javid travelled the world in his job while working in international finance, including New York where he paid US taxes between 1992 and 1996.

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