If I were a non-domicile, wanting to avoid UK tax, I would set up a company
in Country X, and get all my UK payments made as fees to that company.
Come to think of it - haven't UK national been doing this for years in
Country X? i.e. isn't there a danger of tit-for-tat?
JOHN BIBBY
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Mike Brewer wrote:
<snip> say I have a Swiss bank account with money that never comes to
the UK, but which I spend when I take my annual skiing holiday in
Switzerland. Surely that is irrelevant for the distribution of income in
the UK?
It may be irrelevant to the published data; it is certainly not
irrelevant to the social and economic *experience* of people, either in
the UK or elsewhere.
Julian
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Subject: Re: HOW MANY UK RESIDENTS WITH NON-DOMICILE TAX STATUS?
Mike Brewer wrote:
<snip> say I have a Swiss bank account with money that never comes to
the UK, but which I spend when I take my annual skiing holiday in
Switzerland. Surely that is irrelevant for the distribution of income in
the UK?
It may be irrelevant to the published data; it is certainly not
irrelevant to the social and economic *experience* of people, either in
the UK or elsewhere.
Julian
Dr Julian Wells
Senior lecturer in economics
School of Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Kingston University
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 2EE
Tel: +44 (0)20 8547 2000
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