People who claim non-domicile status but live in the UK for more than 10 years, should be forced to pay tax, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has urged Gordon Brown to remove the non-domicile status of anyone who has been living in Britain for more than a decade. He said: “An all-party consensus has emerged that something needs to be done to make non-doms pay their fair share. Our proposal seeks to deal with the abuse of the system, whereby people keep their privileged tax status for many years.”
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