Harry and Meghan took a private jet to California with their ten-month-old son Archie last week. Tax from earning and keeping up residence in both places was a motivating factor, sources suggest.

The couple took the eye-watering sum from the Sovereign Grant in April last year to fund the massive renovations at their home on the Windsor estate in Berkshire (pictured).

The ace bowler, who helped England lift the World Cup at Lords last summer, was identified by tax officials as a 'deliberate defaulter' who failed to pay more than £100,000 in taxes.

Rand Paul became the latest Republican to criticize Marco Rubio for skipping Senate votes as he pursues the presidency, suggesting the Florida senator resign or give back his paycheck.

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Bob Corker said Friday that they will support their party's $1.5 trillion tax bill. But the 'Johnson Amendment' is here to stay.

In an interview with a local Florida newspaper on Friday, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said the tax law 'probably went too far' in easing the burden on corporations.

Donald Trump's desire for a payroll tax cut in the next coronavirus stimulus bill is being rebuked by his own Party this week, indicating the measure won't make it into the next relief package.

The Sydney backbench MP and former tennis star charged taxpayers $91 so he could stay at his luxury retreat at Kangaroo Valley on the NSW South Coast. That was before $266 in car travel costs.

TALK OF THE TOWN: A cab driver tells me of his bizarre encounter with the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, left, 'She ordered a taxi for Lucy Middleton and kept ringing, asking if I was there yet.'

Swindon Borough Council has come under fire after it took to social media to reveal that its Highways Team had painted a 'thank you' message to NHS staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.

UK foreign aid money is said to have funded 'salaries' to Palestinian terrorists jailed in Israel. Recipients reportedly include bombmaker Abdullah Barghouti whose attacks killed 67 people.

Classrooms in 800 Pakistani schools, paid for with British aid, have closed as they are not fit for use. An estimated 115,000 children are left taking classes outside or in overcrowded rooms.

Far better if this short-term support becomes the first step on the road to fundamental reform of business rates, which are widely loathed and discredited, writes RUTH SUNDERLAND.

RUTH SUNDERLAND COLUMN: If ministers let Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crash into the ground, we will all be the poorer for it.

Charlie Sheen is not too pleased with the IRS, who won't let him use a payment plan for his $5.7 million tax bill. The actor claims IRS commissioner John Koskinen is 'abusing his power.'

Bush paid $2,920,698 in federal income tax two years ago. The Democratic National Committee's calculations show that his plan would have reduced his own tax bill by a whopping $841,643.

Jorge Mendes' house in Portugal has been searched by Portuguese tax authorities as part of an ongoing investigation.

EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister landed in St Lucia on Thursday morning after a long-haul British Airways flight from London. It has now emerged he and Carrie Symonds were seated in economy.

Furious Twitter users called on the British retail mogul to sell one of his three yachts, which includes the £122million Lionheart, or use some of his estimated £1.8billion fortune.

Cheryl, of London, is said to be accused of using an artificial employee bonus scheme which allowed her to pay the lower rate of capital gains tax, instead of income tax and national insurance.

Cheryl cut an incredibly stylish figure when she was pictured leaving a London meeting in the rain on Monday. 

The new PM stamped his authority on government as he shipped in a host of Brexiteer ministers - after carrying out a brutal cull of Theresa May loyalists.

The UK's tax burden would hit a record high under Jeremy Corbyn, according to new research published by the TaxPayers' Alliance.

Griffith University politics lecturer Paul Williams said even a Coalition government would have to consider raising taxes on high income earners to fund job creation programs for COVID-19 victims.

Former Telstra boss David Thodey has written a report for the New South Wales Treasury exploring how taxes on home buyers and employers can be scrapped.

Cate Blanchett was spotted enjoying a day out in New York City with her husband, Andrew Upton on Saturday. The 50-year-old actress and her 53-year-old husband were spotted hailing a taxi.

ANDREW PIERCE: Sunak's bold measures to tackle the economic devastation threatened by the coronavirus has found him allies in unexpected places.

Mailonline has had an exclusive first drive of the astonishing new ‘green’ super-frugal car offering 2p a mile motoring that could swiftly put Osborne and the Treasury out of business.

The Outlander PHEV can be charged overnight at home, run on electric-only power or operate in hybrid mode, switching between petrol and electric power, depending on which is most efficient.

'Pension recycling' allows people to boost their retirement pot by generating extra tax relief - but anyone tempted risks a financial penalty if they overstep the rules.

Hoard your pension and spend other cash and investments first, to keep your money away from the taxman. That's the advice experts are dishing out to retirees worried about inheritance tax.

There are many legal ways to dodge the dreaded 40 per cent 'death tax' if you want to pass on the maximum sum possible and are prepared to plan ahead.

In a stinging report, tax officials said people 'can easily disadvantage themselves' in a system that 'appears illogical', and told the Government to find a way to restore lost credits to parents.

The newly re-elected Government now has a majority that gives it the opportunity to solve major issues affecting retirement finances. Here's what you need to know.

Thousands of taxpayers are not including correct information about their pensions on their annual returns, according to mutual insurer Royal London.

For many of the 660,000 people who reach state retirement age each year, this may be the first time they are responsible for working out their own tax bill. Here, we explain what you need to know.

Some of the taxes we currently pay and a number of the tax breaks we are given to encourage us to save for old age are either too onerous or far too complicated.

Thousands of families are being forced to complete complicated paperwork to report the value of a loved one's estate to the taxman when they die - even when there is no inheritance tax to pay.

Of those who start drawing an income, just two out of five do so immediately. Among those who wait, 40% put it off for at least half a year, and 24% delay for more than a year, says Hargreaves Lansdown.

Insurer Royal London says the hundreds of people who take early retirement every year due to work-related sickness could find themselves in breach of their annual pension saving allowance.

nheritance tax at 40 per cent should be ditched and replaced with a 10 per cent tax on annual gifts of £30,000-plus and a new death allowance, says a report by MPs.

A raid on popular pension tax breaks to drum up cash for other Government projects is reportedly on the cards at the upcoming March Budget.

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.

Proposed changes to inheritance tax could make it more costly to help children onto the housing ladder, with a proposed 10% tax levied on sums above £30,000 given away each year.

The Government's move means most doctors will no longer be hit by tax bills due to the hated 'taper' - but it shunned widespread calls to abolish the complicated pension tax rule altogether.

Tom Selby, a senior analyst at financial services firm AJ Bell, explains how first-timers and experienced investors can avoid unnecessary losses and big tax bills

Some of the richest people in the world are asking the hardworking mums and dads of Australia to pay for the failure of their airline.

The Bristol native said they kicked him out of the car after tried to sexually assault her friend - but the enraged man began landing a flurry of punches on her and her girlfriends.

The NSW government said the Streets as Shared Spaces program would help councils provide more space for people to walk, cycle and exercise safely. 

The drug and alcohol treatment and research service helps people affected by substance abuse and is partly financed by Australian state and federal governments.