of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. this morning, a cabinet colleague defended him. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs i wouldn t know personally, they re private to him but he s been very clear that he s paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date and, of course, he s engaged with hmrc, so that s the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i m sure he ll do so. mr zahawi has now confirmed he did pay money to settle a disagreement with hmrc. he said it related to shares
earlier, labour had called on nadhim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. this morning, a cabinet colleague defended him. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs i wouldn t know personally, they re private to him but he s been very clear that he s paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date and, of course, he s engaged with hmrc, so that s the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i m sure he ll do so. mr zahawi ha
correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. this morning, a cabinet colleague defended him. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs i wouldn t know personally, they re private to him but he s been very clear that he s paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date and, of course, he s engaged with hmrc, so that s the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i m sure he ll do so. mr zahawi has now confirmed he did pay money to settle a disagreement with hmrc. he said
that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was invest
here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. this morning, a cabinet colleague defended him. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs i wouldn t know personally, they re private to him but he s been very clear that he s paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date and, of course, he s engaged with hmrc, so that s the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i m sure he ll do so. mr zahawi has now confirmed he did pay money to settle a disagreeme