By Andrew MacAskill and Sachin RavikumarLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak paid 508,000 pounds ($641,000) in tax in the last financial year after income from his investments dwarfed his official salary, a report by his accountants showed on Friday.
The three-page published summary is the second time that Sunak has published details of his tax affairs since he became prime minister in 2022.
The figures show that Sunak made 139,000 pounds from his salary as a member of parliament, finance minister and prime minister between April 2022 and March 2023, and 2.1 million pounds from investments.
Of his income from investments, 1.8 million pounds came from capital gains, up from 1.6 million pounds a year earlier.
About 70% of the total tax paid by Sunak was due to capital gains tax on the profit made from sales of investments such as stocks.
Persons:
Andrew MacAskill, Sachin Ravikumar, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Evelyn, Piers Morgan, David Milliken
Organizations:
Sachin Ravikumar LONDON, British, Indian IT, Infosys, Evelyn Partners
Locations:
Indian, Rwanda