Boris paid nearly £1m in tax over four years

BORIS Johnson earned nearly £2million over the past four years and paid nearly £1million in tax.

The Mayor of London’s City Hall salary totalled more than half a million pounds in the four years ending 2014/15, according to a summary of his tax return published yesterday.

But this was dwarfed by earnings of nearly £1.5million from writing – taking his total taxable income between 2011/12 and 2014/15 to £1,9 5,901. This included £575,644 in mayoral salary. He was paid £9 7,097 for his Daily Telegraph column, while book royalties earned him £469,3 5.

His tax bill over the period totalled £916,4 1. Mr Johnson had an overseas income tax bill of £72 but did not have any US tax liabilities during the period, according to the document.

Sources close to the politician said he has never had trusts, shares or offshore investments and all earnings have been from writing or his salaries as an MP or Mayor.