Overview

• Sir Keir Starmer paid £99,431 in tax last year, with his income including a significant capital gain from selling a field.
• He paid 24.5% of his £405,000 income in tax, a rate lower than the typical effective rate for someone earning £100,000.
• Rishi Sunak, in comparison, paid a 23% effective tax rate on over £2.2 million, mainly from capital gains.
• The disclosure of both leaders' tax returns has reignited debates on the equity of the tax system.
• Labour points out that Starmer's capital gains tax was a one-off, contrasting with Sunak's annual capital gains tax payments.