British finance minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls to answer and "come clean" after reports emerged that his multi-millionaire wife claims non-domicile status, which let her escape UK taxes on income earned abroad.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls to answer and "come clean" after reports emerged that his multi-millionaire wife claims non-domicile status, which let her escape UK taxes on income earned abroad. Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy, daughter of Indian billionaire NR Narayana Murthy, is apparently able to save millions of pounds in tax on dividends, which are collected from her family's IT business. Several politicians in the UK have reacted and asked Sunak to answer after a report on Ms Murthy's tax status was published by The Independent newspaper on Thursday. ALSO READ | Muslim prayer app, others banned by Google after finding spyware linked to US national security contractor The Labour leader Keir Starmer said Sunak had "very serious questions to answer" about his family's finances. He said, "If it now transpires that his wife has used schemes to reduce her tax, while he's been increasing taxes on working people, that's breathtaking hypocrisy." Tulip Siddiq, a lawmaker and Treasury spokeswoman in the opposition Labour Party, said Sunak should say whether he had benefited from his wife's tax status. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Murty said: "Akshata Murty is a citizen of India, the country of her birth and parents’ home. India does not allow its citizens to hold the citizenship of another country simultaneously." "So, according to British law, Ms Murty is treated as non-domiciled for UK tax purposes. She has always and will continue to pay UK taxes on all her UK income," the statement added. ALSO READ | FBI disrupts Russian hackers, takes away control of routers and firewall appliances What is non-domicile status? In simple meaning, the country of domicile means the country where a person permanently resides in. If we talk about British law, those with non-domiciled status are not liable to pay taxes on income earned abroad. A person's domicile is usually the country which their father considered his permanent home when the person was born, although this can change if the person plans to permanently live in Britain. In Akshata's case, she is legally entitled to claim the status, but it raises a political issue as she is ultimately declaring that the UK is not her permanent home. She will be treated as UK-domiciled for tax purposes, and liable to be levied on foreign income, once she has lived in the UK for 15 years, in six years. WATCH | 'Transgender women should not compete in female events,' Boris Johnson triggers another controversy × (With inputs from agencies)

UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak faces fire over wife Akshata Murthy's non-domicile tax status

According to reports, UK's chancellor of exchequer Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy's stakes in tech firm Infosys operating in Russia has come under scrutiny in British Parliament.

Reports claim Akshata Murthy owns &nbsp;0.91 per cent stake in Infosys estimated to be worth $524.62. Sunak had said earlier that neither he nor her family members were involved in "operational decisions of the company". Akshata's father NR Narayana Murthy had co-founded the IT services company in the 1980s.

However, UK lawmakers had questioned Sunak and wanted to know whether his family was benefitting from&nbsp;shareholding. The tech firm has reportedly decided to close&nbsp;its Moscow office and is looking to find replacement roles for its staff.

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Infosys had said earlier that it had a "small team" in Moscow and did not have "business relationships with local Russian enterprises”. Sunak had expressed his unhappiness over his wife being targeted calling it "upsetting" as he emphasised that he had "enormous pride and admiration" for his father-in-law adding that he is "wonderful and has achieved a huge amount".

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Infosys had reportedly opened an engineering unit in the Russian capital in 2016. Several global IT firms including consultancy firms namely KPMG, McKinsey and others have pulled out of Russia after President Putin's forces attacked Ukraine on February 24.

The Boris Johnson government has imposed far-reaching sanctions against Russia in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion targeting various sectors including Oligarchs and media operations close&nbsp;to President Putin.

The UK government recently also targeted Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev who is reportedly the head of National Defence Control Centre.

(With inputs from Agencies)

According to reports, UK's chancellor of exchequer Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy's stakes in tech firm Infosys operating in Russia has come under scrutiny in British Parliament.

According to reports, UK's chancellor of exchequer Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy's stakes in tech firm Infosys operating in Russia has come under scrutiny in British Parliament. Reports claim Akshata Murthy owns 0.91 per cent stake in Infosys estimated to be worth $524.62. Sunak had said earlier that neither he nor her family members were involved in "operational decisions of the company". Akshata's father NR Narayana Murthy had co-founded the IT services company in the 1980s. However, UK lawmakers had questioned Sunak and wanted to know whether his family was benefitting from shareholding. The tech firm has reportedly decided to close its Moscow office and is looking to find replacement roles for its staff. Also Read: China launched cyberattack against Ukraine before Russian invasion Infosys had said earlier that it had a "small team" in Moscow and did not have "business relationships with local Russian enterprises”. Sunak had expressed his unhappiness over his wife being targeted calling it "upsetting" as he emphasised that he had "enormous pride and admiration" for his father-in-law adding that he is "wonderful and has achieved a huge amount". Watch: Rishi Sunak compares himself to Will Smith over wife criticism Infosys had reportedly opened an engineering unit in the Russian capital in 2016. Several global IT firms including consultancy firms namely KPMG, McKinsey and others have pulled out of Russia after President Putin's forces attacked Ukraine on February 24. The Boris Johnson government has imposed far-reaching sanctions against Russia in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion targeting various sectors including Oligarchs and media operations close to President Putin. The UK government recently also targeted Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev who is reportedly the head of National Defence Control Centre. (With inputs from Agencies)

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