Editing Sean Connery (section)

=== Tax status ===
In response to accusations that he was a [[tax exile]], Connery released documents in 2003 showing he had paid £3.7&nbsp;million in [[UK taxes]] between 1997 and 1998 and between 2002 and 2003; critics pointed out that had he been continuously residing in the UK for tax purposes, his tax rate would have been far higher.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2824935.stm|title=Sir Sean lays bare his tax details|work=BBC News|date= 6 March 2003|access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2004/feb/21/tax.jobsandmoney1|title=Join the club and become a tax exile|first=Patrick|last=Collinson|date=21 February 2004|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> In the run-up to the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Connery's brother Neil said Connery would not come to Scotland to rally independence supporters, since his tax exile status greatly limited the number of days he could spend in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11100442/Sir-Sean-Connerys-tax-exile-status-keeps-him-away-from-independence-debate-says-brother.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11100442/Sir-Sean-Connerys-tax-exile-status-keeps-him-away-from-independence-debate-says-brother.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Sean Connery's tax exile status keeps him away from independence debate, says brother|first=Auslan|last=Cramb|date=16 September 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After Connery sold his [[Marbella]] villa in 1999, Spanish authorities launched a tax evasion investigation, alleging that the [[Directorate-General for the Treasury|Spanish treasury]] had been defrauded of £5.5&nbsp;million. Connery was subsequently cleared by officials, but his wife and 16 others were charged with attempting to defraud the Spanish treasury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/26736/sean-connery-s-wife-faces-22m-fine-over-marbella-villa-sale|title=Sean Connery's wife faces €22&nbsp;million fine over Marbella villa sale|website=thinkspain.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/27/sean-connery-wife-charged-spain-property-tax-micheline-roquebrune|title=Sean Connery's wife charged with Spanish property tax fraud|first=Damien|last=Gayle |date=27 November 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>