The British Prime Minister creates a stir by publishing his tax returns

The billionaire British Prime Minister, the Conservative Rishi Sunakreleased its tax returns for the past three years on Wednesday, after repeated calls for transparency about its finances.

His statements showed that the former investment banker, the son of Indian immigrants, paid a total of 1.053 million pounds (1.288 million dollars) in taxes in that period, including 432,493 pounds last year.

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Adding salaries and capital returns, he earned 4.7 million pounds during those three years until 2022, of which 1.9 million last year.

Sunak, 42, has been under pressure to go public with his finances since it emerged that his wife, akshata murtythe extremely wealthy daughter of an Indian tycoon, had special tax status in the United Kingdom that exempted her from taxes on her income abroad.

the opponent Labor Party tries to use the wealth of Sunak and his wife as proof that the prime minister is totally out of touch with the reality of ordinary Britons, plunged into a serious crisis due to the skyrocketing cost of living.

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The list of great fortunes of the Sunday Times estimates that the couple have assets of 730 million pounds, more than the King Charles III.

Source: Elcomercio

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