Why Prince William has not revealed how much tax he pays.

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From Hello magazine of all places!
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/841341/why-prince-william-not-revealed-how-much-tax-royal-finances/

Probably money laundering, this whole family is into criminal stuff. The people should press them

I haven’t RTFT, but I think it shows disdain for the taxpayers of this country, who prop him and his family up in numerous ways. Did you see that dispatches programme about the contracts the royals have with the nhs etc and how much of a commercial operator they are? It makes me so cross that we’re living through a time of tax rises and cost of living increases, and this family feel entitled to swan around, claiming every bean they can, totally indifferent to the suffering in this country, and thinking opening a couple of garden centres and acting as a patron to a couple of charities is somehow enough. If my taxes are going up, so should theirs. If a wealth tax is levied, it should include them. No exemptions, no special treatment. They’ve had a good enough run of it.

Iirc The Late Queen tried to claim some pensioners relief and some COVID relief until she was told it wasn't a great look. It is x almost unbelievably out of touch to have to be told that cold weather payments aren't meant for one of the richest women in the world. The only reason they 'voluntarily' pay tax now is because she tried to get the taxpayer to cough up for Windsor Castle and they're was a backlash over it. They are very good at negotiating deals that mean they take on as much loot as they can but pay as little as possible back. Spineless politicians fall over themselves to enable them. Kate was telling businesses they should put ' love' before profits the other day. I wonder if she tells her husband that while he's troughing billions from the Duchy of Cornwall and refusing to tell anyone how much tax he pays on the profits? I wonder if we paid them with a round of applause instead of £140m they would will do the onerous tasks of sitting in the Royal Box at the Royal Variety Performance and at Wimbledon?

I wonder if we paid them with a round of applause instead of £140m they would will do the onerous tasks

Can you explain this, please?

The income the PoW received from the Duchy this year was £22.9m. This pays for his household (including staff) and offices at Kensington Palace. He declares that he pays the higher rate of income tax, though he does not publicly declare the amount (not required for public officials in UK).

Where does the idea that he receives £140m come from?

Im talking about the sovereign grant, which is supposed to have replaced the Civil List- their 'wages'. What does he 'pay the higher rate of Income tax' on? He doesn't need to declare it, but his father did. Him deciding he's not going to do it looks suspiciously like he isn't paying as much as his father. There are plenty of ways you can say 'I pay the higher rate of tax' while not saying how much that is. He could be paying himself £50K and paying the higher rate of tax on that for all we know!

Kate was telling businesses they should put ' love' before profits the other day.

Maybe that's where 'Party Pieces' came unstuck 🤐

Well the Middletons certainly put their own love of a Caribbean holiday above the profits of their creditors!

Indeed 100%. Not sure why we should listem to them pontificate on anything either.

l think you should name this post THE ANTI MONARCY SITE

Im talking about the sovereign grant, which is supposed to have replaced the Civil List- their 'wages'.

My mistake - your post was about money being paid to the Prince and Princess of Wales, hence my confusion.

The Sovereign Grant is paid to the monarch, out of which he pays for costs for all official duties for himself and the royal family (and upkeep of the palaces) - not wages.

(Do you tell people how much tax you pay? I don't.)

No Joe Bloggs on the street wouldn’t disclose how much tax he pays but we are taking about the RF who are funded by the tax payer so they should be transparent about their finances.

I've tried in my posts on this thread to be accurate about the funding of the monarchy, and don't want to be repetitive @losingstill as I've already annoyed at least one poster by doing so.

The Crown Estates profits are paid into the Treasury; 12% are paid to the monarch as the Sovereign Grant for official duties and upkeep of palaces - not funded by taxpayer.
Security is funded by the taxpayer.

The monarch is funded by the Duchy of Lancaster, and supports members of the family out of this.

The Prince of Wales is funded by the Duchy of Cornwall.

There is a place for ongoing discussions about the monarchy and their finances but such discussion needs to be on the basis of fact. (The briefing paper I linked to upthread has a lot of detail.)

There is no requirement in the UK for public figures to declare their tax payments (including MPs, who are paid by the taxpayer).

Is that you Fergie love?

Thank you.

It is important that the King and next in line have the income from the Duchies to pay the living costs of their families - which includes wages for staff too.

They need to be apolitical and not funded by the government of the day nor taxes of the people. The setting up of the Duchies was forward thinking.

Financial reports are published each year on public record.

The tax office knows if the King and POW are legally paying their taxes. That is private information.
I think it's right and proper that Royalty are afforded privacy like you and me.