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is Rishi Sunak the new PM for UK


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Non-domiciled status of his wife and green card

Sunak's wife Akshata Murty has[when?] non-domiciled status, which means she does not[when?] have to pay tax on income earned abroad while living in the UK.[100] She pays[when?] around £30,000 to secure the status, which allows her to avoid paying an estimated £20 million in UK taxes.[100][101] Following media controversy, Murty announced on 8 April that she would pay UK taxes on her global income, adding in a statement that she didn't want the issue "to be a distraction for my husband". On 10 April it was announced that a Whitehall inquiry had been launched into who had leaked the details of her tax status.[102] On 11 April 2022 The Guardian wrote, "Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of taxation "hypocrisy" on the grounds that he is putting up taxes for ordinary Britons while his family has been reducing its own tax liabilities."[103]

Reporting around this time also revealed that Sunak had continued to hold the U.S. permanent resident card he had acquired in the 2000s until 2021, including for 18 months after he was Chancellor, which required filing U.S. tax returns.[104][105] An investigation into both his wife's tax status and his residency status found that Sunak had not broken ministerial rules.[106]

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