Addison Lee founder owes £20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling

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John Griffin pictured in 2012. He was born to Irish parents in 1942 and briefly lived there until he moved to London at the age of nine. Photograph: Felix Clay View image in fullscreen John Griffin pictured in 2012. He was born to Irish parents in 1942 and briefly lived there until he moved to London at the age of nine. Photograph: Felix Clay HMRC Addison Lee founder owes £20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling HMRC wins challenge over John Griffin’s claim to be non-dom despite having lived in England since childhood

Prefer the Guardian on Google The founder of Addison Lee owes £20.5m in tax after a tribunal dismissed a claim that he should be treated as a nom-dom despite living in the UK since childhood.

John Griffin had argued he should be treated as a nom-dom due to his connection to Ireland , saying: “I was and am besotted with Ireland, infatuated with Ireland. I believe that I have always been and am Irish.”

HM Revenue and Customs challenged the domicile status on Griffin’s self-assessment tax returns from 2013 to 2020, which would have allowed the 84-year-old to not pay UK tax rates on foreign earnings kept outside the country.

HMRC argued that England should be considered Griffin’s home, with the businessman raising a family in Hertfordshire and building his London-based taxi empire, having founded Addison Lee in 1975.