Why are Millionaires Leaving the UK | Business | Sarthak Ahuja
Why is Mr. Lakshmi Mittal and thousands of other millionaires leaving UK this year? Last year over 250k British nationals left the UK... and in the current year, almost 16k millionaires are expected the have left the UK... It’s because of a major law that is proposed to be passed in the UK Parliament that none of the wealthy people like... To understand this, let’s first understand why the Global Wealthy were in the UK to begin with... The Global Wealthy would go to the UK because the country had a Non-Dom Regime... which basically meant that all the incomes earned by UK residents in other parts of the world and all such capital gains would not be taxed... For example, in India, your global incomes are taxed if you are an Indian tax resident... Now there are three major changes that have happened that made millionaires pulled the trigger... 1/ In Oct 2024, the capital gains tax was increased from 20% to 24% 2/ In April 2025, UK abolished the Non Dom regime by which global incomes become taxable in the UK... and more importantly 40% inheritance tax becomes payable even on assets outside of the UK 3/ And now the third issue... where the Govt is now proposing to levy a 20% exit tax on unrealised gains on these assets, which are not even sold, but only appreciated in value Now where are all these people going? Most of these people are now going to Dubai... No personal income tax, no wealth tax, no inheritance tax, no capital gains tax, no dividend tax... Absolute safety - no crime... and corporate tax is just 9% while you get all the first world facilities while being close to Asia as well as Europe. If you have to move somewhere globally, the best bet right now is the UAE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like, Share, Subscribe for more! Follow me on my other social media handles for all updates, events and live sessions- Instagram:casarthakahuja LinkedIn: sarthak-ahuja Website: http://www.casarthakahuja.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Chartered Accountant with about 10 years of experience in areas of Tax Advisory, Startup Consulting, Fundraising, Audits, Deal Advisory, Business Modelling and contract CFO services. Winner of the ISB Young Leader Award 2017 and the Best All Rounder, PGP Class of '17, Sarthak has also been published about in the leading financial newspapers such as The Financial Express as possibly the youngest Indian to have completed the courses of CA, CS and CMA along with a graduate degree in Financial & Investment Analysis from University of Delhi, all by the age of 23 years.
