Posted by Ken Waldron on January 24, 2023, 3:37 am
"...The multi-million pound dispute has prompted speculation that Zahawi was trying to avoid paying tax on a £27 million fortune. ... The cabinet minister said this mistake, connected to his shares in the polling company YouGov which he co-founded in 2000, was “careless and not deliberate”.
Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess
I thought ‘careless’ covered stuff like spilling your coffee, but apparently it includes setting up an offshore trust in Gibraltar under your parents’ name, transferring your shares to that Trust and then selling those shares for £27million - you live and learn I suppose