European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 3, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 Britain s tax loss is others gain by Graham Heathcote London a Britain is suffering a Fame Drain. Some of the country s top actors entertainers athletes and writers have left saying they can t afford the income tax. The latest to go is movie actor Michael Caine who says he is looking for a per manent Home in the United states. Famous refugees from the Board of in land Revenue include actors Richard Bur ton and Sean Connery pop stars Mick jag Ger Rod Stewart and Tom Jones 1976 world Champion race Driver James Hunt golfer Tony Jacklin Tennis player Virginia Wade and thriller writers Frederick for Syth and Alistair Maclean. Britain has had its tax exiles in the past. Some like playwright Noel Coward and authors . Wodehouse and Somerset Mau Gham however lived abroad for other Rea sons As Well As to escape taxes. The exodus accelerated after the labor government s coming to Power in late 1964 and the Start of taxes of up to 90 per cent on annual incomes Over 100,000 pounds then Worth $280,000. Favorite sanctuaries for the tax exiles Are the United states where income tax is nearly one third less than in Britain France Switzerland Spain the Irish re Public and the English Channel islands. All of them allow top earners to keep More of their Money than Britain. The labor government whose tory predecessors first imposed income tax at 4 per cent in 1799 to help finance a War against France today claws Back 83 per cent of earned incomes Over $37,511, the highest rate in the industrialized world official spokesmen admit. The tax rises to 98 per cent if the tax payer has additional investment income exceeding $4,375. Michael Caine 44, reputed to earn up to $1.2 million a year As an International Box office attraction says he cannot stand the tax Burden any longer. Caine has rented a Home for his family in Beverly Hills calif., while he currently films in the state. Veteran composer sir William Walton who said High taxes drove him to the ital Ian Isle of ischia told a reporter recently i Don t miss anything except the strikes. European edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it Coj. J. C. Taylor. Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer o. Frank production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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Graham Sutherland Britain s most distinguished living Painter lives in France. One reason Why novelist Forsyth who made a Fortune from the Day of the jackal chose to live in Ireland is the re Public s abolition since 1969 of personal Taxon income from creative work. Boxer John Conteh has been looking for a Home in France. Actor Peter Sellers has lived in France for years. Also in France is Michael Pearson son of lord Cowdray believed to be the richest Man in Britain moving to keep his multimillion Pound inheritance from the Taxman s clutches. The Hight of the tax exiles was called a Haemorrhage of Talent by attorney sir Geoffrey Howe a former tory minister and a taxation important thing about the Fame Drain is that we Are not just losing unique people Howe told the associated press. For every Michael Caine we lose a Hun dred doctors a Hundred engineers a Hun dred managers a Hundred teachers hundreds of the people who really contrib Ute the yeast to the Economy. They create new businesses new jobs new Prosperity. A spokesman for the Inland Revenue asked to comment on Michael Caine s Deci Sion said it s a free country. I be no idea How much Money we lose from tax exiles but so Long As it s done legally we Don t mind. I think most of them seek a better Market for their talents so the income comes first and the tax second. It must be hard to leave friends and a Carrot a Day bugs Bunny weighs himself out three pounds of carrots at the italian Market in Philadelphia. Bugs and other cartoon characters were in town to promote their new show which is now on tour in the states. Up greetings for cuban Ballerina Jacqueline Onassis visits with Cuba Ballerina Alicia Alonso at the metro Politan opera House in new York after Alonso danced her first Giselle in nearly 20 years with the american bal let theater. She is Cuba s first cultural Ambas sadness to the . Sinc America and Cuba reestablished Diplo Matic relations this year. Up
