Aside struggling politically, and it was trying to end to questions about its finances raised by the mention of his father’s name in the case of “Panama papers.” It was to prove that he never sought to evade taxes, after confessing late, Thursday, April 7 at night, that he had held shares in the offshore company based in the Bahamas her father Ian, died in 2010. Saturday, April 9, he acknowledged that he would have “had to better manage this history.”
However, this late assault transparency was not enough. On Sunday, the press raised a new hare: the gift of 200,000 pounds made by the mother of Cameron in 2011 after the death of her husband
Allegations “very hurtful. and totally false “
on Monday, Mr Cameron, speaking in the House of Commons, said that the allegations made about the financial arrangements of his father were ” very hurtful and completely false “. He told MPs that his father had set up an offshore company to invest, and “not to escape tax”
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Still, the call to “transparency” of the British press of the weekend was also now the government, particularly his number two, the Minister of Finance. According to a document published on the government website, Mr Osborne has said 198,738 pounds (247,900 euros) in revenue and paid 72,210 pounds (about 90,000 euros) in taxes. This income comprised a salary of 120,526 pounds, a net rental income of 33,562 pounds and a dividend income of 44,647 pounds.
At the same time the speech of Prime Minister before parliamentary Monday, arrived in mailboxes reporters the tax return of the leader of the Labour opposition, Jeremy Corbyn.
Fight against money laundering
Defender of transparency, including David Cameron demanded by the prime ministers and chancellors they now publish their tax returns – since they are the leaders of the nation’s finances – adding however he did not think that this is necessary on the part of all parliamentarians, reports the Guardian.
the Premier also confirmed that the government would introduce a bill this year providing for criminal proceedings against companies whose employees would continue to advise clients on tax evasion procedures. For Cameron, most of the dependencies of the British Crown, including the Cayman and Virgin Islands, considered as tax havens, should now share tax information with London.
On its own initiative, M . Johnson, the Mayor of London and is the Tories, published also his tax return the last four years. particular, we learn that he won in 2014-2015, 612,583 pounds (764,900 euros) and paid 276 505 pounds of tax (345,278 euros).
Read more: UK: David Cameron trapped transparency ‘the Panama papers “
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