"This is a very difficult decision"
Here is a heartrending story about how the cruel hand of the State can lead to families having to split up. Dermot Smurfit, an Irish paper tycoon and part of a family worth £500m, is facing an additional £30,000 tax bill as a non-domicile. He feels he might have to leave the country:"This is a very difficult decision, since I would be leaving my wife and children behind," he said.
The hardest decision, one might think, but utterly understandable given the circumstances. George Osborne - who electrified the political debate with the idea to tax non-doms a flat rate - should hang his head in shame. God knows or cares what Darling should do.
Labels: economics
posted by Matthew @ 2/12/2008 02:15:00 PM
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