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Not such a safe haven?

08 June 2010 / Lisa Spearman
Issue: 4258 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Residence & domicile
What does the future hold for non-domiciliary tax, asks LISA SPEARMAN

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Hanging on my office wall is a copy of the Peter Brookes cartoon from The Times that has the caption ‘Practise safe tax. Use a non-dom’.

As a cartoon it’s fWide shot of a Mediterranean-looking harbourunny but I’m not sure I can think of many less safe areas of tax at present than non-dom.

Since the summer of 2007 the furore around non-domiciliaries has refused to abate.

First it was the outcry about perceived tax avoidance followed in quick succession by the Conservative party...

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