Five key questions Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty have yet to answer Analysis: While the chancellor says his wife paid all UK taxes due, pressure is building over what he hasn’t said about their finances

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  3. Paying all taxes due is the familiar line and avoids addressing the fact that the person has done something deliberately to massive reduce the amount which is due.

  6. Should be suspended from the position until exoneration.

    A chancellor fucking with his tax; even perceived as doing so, is untrustworthy of the position

  8. All the Tory crap about how members of family are off limits and their tax issues are their own. Yet if I lost my job you can be damn sure they’d be probing my partners finances before mentioning any benefits. All just stinks to high heaven

  10. Why hasn’t he resigned yet? Common theme among conservatives caught in a scandal, they just go on the offensive and don’t resign. Completely disillusioned with this current government.

  11. Let’s be frank. His only crime here is increasing taxes in an environment where people are still recovering from effects of COVID induced income reductions..

    If he had cut taxes or negated effect of rising electricity prices, this scandal would not have happened or be a non issue

  12. The questions:

    How much tax did the chancellor’s wife pay on her £11.5m annual dividends from Infosys – and where did she pay it?

    Why did Sunak and Murty have US green cards and when did they give them up?

    Did Sunak waive his salary as a minister in 2020 in order to avoid paying US tax?

    Does Murty have other overseas income beyond Infosys – how much, what tax does she pay and where?

    How much money is in Sunak’s blind trust, and where is it located?

  13. This is proof that policians must disclose their financial interests, lobbying activities and a full financial disclosure publicly.

    We elect people with alot to conserve in the system and expect them to change it. Are they currupt or are we stupid as fuck for not demanding more from these people….or both

  14. Reposting just so folks can understand a bit more of what’s going on with some of this…

    Quick Cheat Sheet for the status of various tax havens:

    **The Crown Dependencies**:

    Isle of Mann, The Bailiwick of Guernsey, The Bailiwick of Jersey

    The Crown Dependencies dont have a real connection to the UK Government as such, their connection is to “The Crown” itself as the monarch is also “The Duke of Normandy” and “The Lord Mann”, and not subject to the UK Parliament. The decisions of “The Crown” however are by the advice of the “Privy Council” which is mostly composed of members of the UK Parliament, which means that technically this subset of Parliament gets to tell the Queen to tell them what to do. They are not internationally recognised as separate states, and can only enter into any international treaties with approval from the UK, this in particular includes tax treaties. Since 2007 we’ve agreed to not do anything without consulting with them (this however has no real force).

    **TL;DR** we could legally force them to change their Tax Laws via the power of The Crown, but we dont want to.

    **British Overseas Territories**:

    Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno, Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks, Caicos Islands.

    These are somewhat different in that they have a relationship with the UK State rather than simply The Crown. That means while we choose not to do so, the UK Parliament has in fact got unlimited legislative power over these locations. So, parliament as a whole can enact rules regarding them.

    **TL;DR** we could legally force them to change their tax policies via the powers of parliament, but we dont want to.

    In the case of both categories, we deal with all international affairs, and defence and in most cases provide them with financial support as well.

  16. I really don’t understand why this is such a big problem. I bet everyone in this thread avoids tax somehow – if you pay into a pension or an ISA, you are doing essentially the same thing. Why would you expect someone to pay more tax than they are legally required to pay?

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