A person who lives in a country but is not legally domiciled in it, in some cases obtaining tax advantages in the country of residence.
〈英〉非本地居民
non-doms would become liable to a flat rate annual levy
as modifierpeople claiming non-dom tax status
Example sentencesExamples
If he is a non dom, Cameron's tax plan will not catch him.
Lord Paul, the steel tycoon who is a non-dom, announced he would stop giving donations to labour if the law went through.
He has still failed to answer the key question: is Lord Ashcroft a non dom, yes or no?
He would raise money by taking a flat levy from the "non doms" and use it to push the inheritance tax threshold up to 1 million.
As the row over the peer's tax status escalated, he admitted that he learned that his close friend was a "non-dom" only a few months ago.
Put another way a non-dom who has lived in the UK for five years until April will only be let off the annual 30,000 charge for another two years.
The world of the super-rich non-dom is a truly absorbing place.
This has fuelled the repeated questions from critics over whether he was a non-dom.
Mr Cameron pointed out that Lord Paul, the Labour peer and close friend of Gordon Brown, was also a non-dom.
Restrictions on "non doms" would also hit the Tories.
Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative donor and vice-chairman, has said he is a "non-dom" for tax purposes.
Brown had previously promised 'swift action' to tighten up the arrangements surrounding Britain's 'non doms' who only pay tax on income earned in this country.
The Home Secretary claimed it was "unpatriotic" for the Tories to take money - Lord Ashcroft has given 4.5 million - from a non-dom.
Although his family had an estimated wealth of 1.5 billion last year, he is a "non-dom" who does not pay tax on his overseas earnings.
Asked when he was aware that the peer was a non-dom, he told the BBC Radio's World Tonight: "Over the last few months I knew about that."
It is believed that senior Treasury officials have privately concluded that "non doms" would leave Britain rather than pay tax if the system were changed.
My view has been simple - perhaps I am one of the most open people about the fact that I am non-dom.
It's also the Conservative Party asking perfectly legitimate questions about whether Lord Paul, who is a big donor to the Labour Party, is a non-dom.