Lewis Hamilton’s £16.5m UK home is owned via an offshore company

The Mercedes F1 driver was among a host of famous faces to declare themselves as the benefic🌊ial owners of overseas companies ඣthat own property in the UK, the report states - and Hamilton says that it does "not give him any UK tax advantage or other financial benefit".
🌺The revelations are part of a government transparency scheme designed to ensure HMRC colleꦿct the correct amount of tax.
Owning a property in the UK via an overseas compan🌳y is legal, and everyone connected with this new register has complied with their leꦅgal responsibilities.
Hamilton owns three companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, with addresses in Guernsey. The report states that these com☂panies’ structures are to protect Hamilton’s privacy.

A mansion in Kensington, London, which 🐈reportedly cost Hamilton £16.5m is registered to one of these companies. Two other properties are registered to the other two companies.
Hamilton’s sp🌱okesperson told The Guardian: “The ownership of Lewis Hamilton’s UK properties via the companies listed on the register of overseas entities does not give him any UK tax advantage or other financial benefit. Lewis is supportive of the new register, demonstrated by his inclusion of the UK properties and associated companies, along with his beneficial ownership on the register.”
John Lennon’s child♈hood home and Uri ⭕Geller’s current house were also named on the same register.
“You shouldn’t be able to have billions”

Hamiltonꦦ recently told the podcast: “One of the things I s𒈔truggle with every day is, and it’s just how life is and it’s been the way for thousands of years, is there is such a disparity between the wealthy and the poor,” he said.
“When you drive around L.A., there’s still so 🤪many people living on the streets.
“You shouldn’t be able to have billions. There should be a limit to how much you can have. Because there’s enough to go around to everyone. S🍷o somehow creating a law that creates more equality and equal access for everyone. I don’t know how you would implement that 🌟law.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s net worth increased by 🐎£40m since 2021 despite the worst 🌱F1 season of his career.
He is Britain’s richest active sportsperson but was also named as Britain’s fifth-m🌌ost generous person, after giving £20m to charity inside a 12-month period.
The seven-time world champion has been at No1 in the list of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 driver salaries for some time, and that is expected to continue when he pens a new Mercedes deal that will take him into 202💙4 and beyond.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbal꧟l, to F1.