{"id":37663,"date":"2026-06-21T17:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37663"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:39:29","slug":"king-charles-to-reveal-tax-details-for-the-first-time-palace","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/king-charles-to-reveal-tax-details-for-the-first-time-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles to reveal tax details for the first time: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Britain\u2019s King Charles will tell the public for the first time on Thursday how much tax he pays as a monarch, a royal spokesperson said <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">this Sunday<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">, as Buckingham Palace seeks to be more accountable and transparent.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\" dir=\"ltr\" data-applydefaultfontstyles=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>By law, Charles is not obliged to pay income tax, capital gains tax or inheritance tax on what he received from Queen Elizabeth, but Charles has voluntarily agreed to pay income tax and capital gains tax when he sells private assets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Details will come as part of annual royal accounts due for release on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Charles receives personal income from land, private estates and investments on top of the \u00a3132 million ($175million) he received from the government in the 2025\/26 tax year to support royal duties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the move aimed to \u201cencourage wider understanding of our accountability\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Charles provided information on his tax payments when he was Prince of Wales and intends to continue to do so in future years as king, the palace said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The British parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee launched an inquiry into residential property arrangements provided to members of the royal family last year<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33090,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37663","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Details will come as part of annual royal accounts due for release on Thursday.","published_date":"","news_description":"Details will come as part of annual royal accounts due for release on Thursday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37664,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37663\/revisions\/37664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}