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Harry Styles, JK Rowling and Mo Salah make UK's tax power list -- outshone by bookie billionaire brothers

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62% : According to the annual Sunday Times Tax List, the rankings were topped for the first time by the billionaire brothers behind gambling giant Betfred, surpassing musicians, entrepreneurs and sporting stars.
57% : "This year there's been a big jump in the amount of tax we've identified - largely because of higher corporation tax rates.
56% : Fred and Peter Done, who founded the Warrington-based business in 1967, made an estimated £400.1 million (RM2.2 billion) tax contribution over the past year, according to the list.
56% : Other well-known figures on the list included Harry Potter author Rowling, at 36 with a bill of £47.5 million, and musician Ed Sheeran, at 64 with a £19.9 million tax payment.
55% : Elsewhere, former One Direction member-turned-solo artist Styles was among new entries to the list, paying £24.7 million in tax.
55% : Two footballers also joined the list for the first time, with Manchester City's Erling Haaland appearing at number 72 on the list with an estimated tax payment of £16.9 million and Liverpool's Salah believed to have a bill of £14.5 million.
51% : The list showed that the top 100 taxpayers paid a total of £5.758 billion worth of tax, up from £4.985 billion a year earlier.
50% : " Financial trading entrepreneur Alex Gerko was second on the list with £331.4 million in tax, followed by hedge fund boss Chris Rokos, who paid £330 million.
50% : "Clearly the tax listers who have moved offshore are still delivering huge sums to HM Treasury through their businesses, but the chancellor would no doubt be raising even more money from these people had they chosen to stay put and remain liable for personal tax here."
48% : Many on the list, including the Done brothers, paid more tax after changes to corporation tax rates and other taxes by the Labour government in a bid to support higher welfare spending.
45% : Six taxpayers feature on the list despite leaving the United Kingdom over the past year, amid reports of wealthy individuals moving to avoid higher taxes under Labour or due to the removal of non-dom status.
44% : It came after their tax bill jumped by almost half from £273.4 million a year earlier.
44% : Watts said: "One in nine of the people who make the tax list are no longer listed as resident here in the UK, instead choosing to live in Morocco, Dubai, Switzerland, Cyprus, Portugal, the United States and the Channel Islands.

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