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Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

The deputy leader of Reform UK avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax after obtaining a rare legal status for his company.

Richard Tice then channelled dividends, paid by the company, into structures including an offshore trust and a string of dormant businesses. Several did not pay any tax during the relevant period.

The MP for Boston & Skegness has served as Nigel Farage’s candidate for deputy prime minister since the last general election, and is also Reform’s spokesman for business, trade and energy.

It can be revealed today that his property company paid nothing in corporation tax on its multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018 to 2021. During the period, he served as leader of Reform; chairman of its forerunner, the Brexit Party; and a member of the European parliament.

He was still personally liable to pay tax on the dividends, but his company’s ownership structure — which included a trust in Jersey, three shell companies and a pension investment vehicle — further reduced his exposure to tax. In one year, four of six entities which received dividends paid no tax on them.

Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, said it was possible Tice was engaged in “highly aggressive tax planning”.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-deputy-leader-richard-tice-tax-5r93t6dg8

The very definition of a non-story, unless he's proven to have done something illegal

Indeed, it makes me more likely to vote for him

Do you want a businessman politician who dutifully pays the maximum amount of taxes without any attempt to legally lower them, or a cunning businessman poliitician who cleverly minimises tax, legally?

You want the latter

Well as we saw with Angela Rayner and others the voters do not like tax minimisation strategies by politicians.

Rayner clearly broke the rules (and maybe the law? - I am not sure)

Unless you can show the same with Tice - and maybe someone can - this story is a nothing-muffin

So you're not sure but your pontificating on this subject, stick to subjects you're knowledgeable about like using drugs, hiring hookers, and saying Liz Truss would be an awesome PM.

You live in SHEFFIELD with your MUM

And?

Oh by the way, I see you continue to talk about AI, next time you do, I shall be changing your username to Low_IQ_Leon, because you have such a low IQ you don't seem to understand simple site rules.

Dan Neidle is on the case.

Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

The deputy leader of Reform UK avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax after obtaining a rare legal status for his company.

Richard Tice then channelled dividends, paid by the company, into structures including an offshore trust and a string of dormant businesses. Several did not pay any tax during the relevant period.

The MP for Boston & Skegness has served as Nigel Farage’s candidate for deputy prime minister since the last general election, and is also Reform’s spokesman for business, trade and energy.

It can be revealed today that his property company paid nothing in corporation tax on its multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018 to 2021. During the period, he served as leader of Reform; chairman of its forerunner, the Brexit Party; and a member of the European parliament.

He was still personally liable to pay tax on the dividends, but his company’s ownership structure — which included a trust in Jersey, three shell companies and a pension investment vehicle — further reduced his exposure to tax. In one year, four of six entities which received dividends paid no tax on them.

Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, said it was possible Tice was engaged in “highly aggressive tax planning”.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-deputy-leader-richard-tice-tax-5r93t6dg8

The very definition of a non-story, unless he's proven to have done something illegal

Indeed, it makes me more likely to vote for him

Do you want a businessman politician who dutifully pays the maximum amount of taxes without any attempt to legally lower them, or a cunning businessman poliitician who cleverly minimises tax, legally?

You want the latter

Well as we saw with Angela Rayner and others the voters do not like tax minimisation strategies by politicians.

As we saw with Farage's house being owned by his girlfriend, when it's legal, the story doesn't go anywhere.

Farage having a tame media helps too.

Dan Neidle is on the case.

Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

The deputy leader of Reform UK avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax after obtaining a rare legal status for his company.

Richard Tice then channelled dividends, paid by the company, into structures including an offshore trust and a string of dormant businesses. Several did not pay any tax during the relevant period.

The MP for Boston & Skegness has served as Nigel Farage’s candidate for deputy prime minister since the last general election, and is also Reform’s spokesman for business, trade and energy.

It can be revealed today that his property company paid nothing in corporation tax on its multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018 to 2021. During the period, he served as leader of Reform; chairman of its forerunner, the Brexit Party; and a member of the European parliament.

He was still personally liable to pay tax on the dividends, but his company’s ownership structure — which included a trust in Jersey, three shell companies and a pension investment vehicle — further reduced his exposure to tax. In one year, four of six entities which received dividends paid no tax on them.

Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, said it was possible Tice was engaged in “highly aggressive tax planning”.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-deputy-leader-richard-tice-tax-5r93t6dg8

The very definition of a non-story, unless he's proven to have done something illegal

Indeed, it makes me more likely to vote for him

Do you want a businessman politician who dutifully pays the maximum amount of taxes without any attempt to legally lower them, or a cunning businessman poliitician who cleverly minimises tax, legally?

You want the latter

Tice used an elaborate tax avoidance scheme .

I get your point but the optics are terrible . If you’re rich you can afford expensive accountants . Reforms core vote might wake up eventually and realize they’re being taken for fools .

As a person currently intending to vote Reform, I assure you this is twaddle

Reform's base is hardworking average Brits, like me. They see a man keeping his tax low - legally - they won't give a fuck. Many will admire it

You just called yourself a hardworking average Brit !

Coz I is

British Trump latest:



A Reform UK government would expect to dismiss the top civil servant in every government department and replace them with people seen as more likely to implement the party’s priorities, the Guardian has learned.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/14/reform-uk-government-replace-top-civil-servants-people-aligned-policies

Doesn't go nearly far enough.

This paragraph is superb

"The plan has prompted warnings that a shift towards a less stable and more politicised civil service could result in the loss of significant expertise and of institutional memory, and would make government less effective."

Yes, because the main takeaway from the last 20 years of British governance is that it's "stable", full of "significant expertise" and "memory" and notably "effective"

British Trump latest:



A Reform UK government would expect to dismiss the top civil servant in every government department and replace them with people seen as more likely to implement the party’s priorities, the Guardian has learned.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/14/reform-uk-government-replace-top-civil-servants-people-aligned-policies

Civil Servants are supposed to be apolitical and implement the elected government's policies.

It has been suggested for decades, eg Yes, Minister, let alone former politicians statements that the Civil Servants do instead obstruct the elected government's agenda.

Any Civil Servant who is not prepared to implement the elected Government's agenda, whichever the Government, should see their employment terminated without compensation for Gross Misconduct.