What I don't understand about the non-resident tax/dividend story is how Sugar could have avoided the tax alleged. As a member of the House of Lords, he is liable to UK income tax whether non-resident or not as a consequence of the 2010 Constitutional Reform Act. His leave of absence from the HoL (probably triggered automatically by his failure to attend enough sesions) does not, as far as I understand it, get around the provisions of said act.He does appear to really rich though doesn't he! Should this be discouraged?
Michael Winstanley ● 1059d