The Conservative party wish to charge non-doms £25,000 per year for living in the UK. Will Zac Goldsmith pay a flat annual fee for living in Britain?
The Conservative party wish to charge non-doms £25,000 per year for living in the UK. Now that his tax status has been revealed, will Zac Goldsmith pay a flat annual fee for each of the 16 years that he has been a non-domiciled adult?
At Conservative party conference 2007, George Osborne said:
“There are currently a number of people living in Britain who register for non-domiciled tax status offshore. It is a good thing for Britain that they live here and bring their talent and their investment to our economy.
“I make this promise: I am not going to tax all that income as Gordon Brown has persistently threatened to do. But in return for that promise and the certainty it brings, we will charge a flat annual levy of around £25,000 for those who register for non-domicile status”
Mr Goldsmith, aged 34, has already contributed £264,179 towards the costs of his election campaign in Richmond Park as well as additional donations to the Conservative party worth £14,202. He is reported to be worth £200 million so a £400,000 payment for his 16 years of adulthood would appear to be a fair price.
Goldsmith speaks tonight at an event in central London titled “Call to Action” where among other questions, he will address “How do we spend our collective wealth?”.
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17 Responses to “Will Zac Goldsmith pay for his non-dom status”
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StopTheRight
RT @leftfootfwd: Will Zac Goldsmith pay £400,000 for his 16 years as a non-dom, as George Osborne proposes? http://bit.ly/7vrKjh
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Will Zac Goldsmith pay for his non-dom status http://viigo.im/1E5m
Emma Harrison
RT @adamdustagheer: Will Zac Goldsmith pay for his non-dom status http://viigo.im/1E5m <probably not in a way that helps UK taxpayers
Stephen Tall
@wdjstraw asks Will Zac Goldsmith pay £400k for his non-dom status in line with George Osborne's tax pledge? http://bit.ly/7lGaeO