Ed Miliband ’ s US adviser pays no tax in Britain on his reported £300,000 salary , he has admitted . David Axelrod masterminded two presidential election victories for Barack Obama and was hired by the Labour leader amid great fanfare last year . He has helped refine Mr Miliband ’ s message about tackling the cost of living and making sure the wealthy pay their fair share . Advisor : David Axelrod ( right ) masterminded two presidential election victories for Barack Obama ( left ) . They are pictured together in February 2008 on a campaign aircraft in Idaho , nine months before his first win . And he will have been aware of Labour ’ s eye-catching crackdown on non-doms last week . But speaking in the US where he is promoting his autobiography , Mr Axelrod revealed he is not resident for tax purposes in the UK . Asked whether he pays tax in Britain , he told the Daily Telegraph : ‘ I don ’ t do my accounting so I don ’ t know but I ’ m not in residence there. ’ Labour confirmed it pays Mr Axelrod in dollars through his consultancy firm and that he ‘ lives in the US , works in the US and pays taxes in the US ’ . Hired by the Labour leader : Mr Axelrod ( right ) has helped refine Ed Miliband ’ s message about tackling the cost of living and making sure the wealthy pay their fair share . Mr Axelrod makes infrequent visits to the UK to meet Mr Miliband and also offers advice by phone . Mr Miliband made his crackdown on those do not pay tax on their foreign earnings a key pledge in his manifesto . Some remain ‘ non-domiciled ’ for tax despite spending most of their time in the UK but others , critics of Mr Miliband have claimed , are genuinely only in the country for short periods . Labour frontbenchers have expressed concerns that despite his high salary , Mr Axelrod has been ‘ invisible ’ ahead of polling day . His biography does not mention his work for Mr Miliband . It is understood that Lynton Crosby , the Conservatives ’ Australian election chief , pays full taxes on his earnings in both the UK and Australia , however he is currently working full-time in the UK . David Axelrod : Two presidential triumphs in the US . Behind David Axelrod 's self-confessed 'tired and rumpled ' appearance lies one of the sharpest political brains of his generation . He won fame in the US after helping to convince Americans to pick their first black president in 2008 and then helped Barack Obama 's re-election four years later . But the two presidential triumphs are only the highest profile in a string of Democrat successes that have made the 60-year-old New Yorker a back room political superstar . It began 30 years ago when , fresh from quitting his job as the youngest ever political editor of the Chicago Tribune , he helped oust a three-term Republican senator for Illinois . Three years later , he was a key member of the team that helped re-elect Chicago 's first black mayor Harold Washington . But he has not been as successful in Europe . Former Italian prime minister Mario Monti secured only 10.5 per cent of the vote in Italy in 2013 despite the guru 's advice .
David Axelrod masterminded two Obama presidential election victories . He was hired by Labour leader Ed Miliband amid great fanfare February 2008 . Revealed at a book launch that he is not resident for tax purposes in UK . Labour confirms it pays Mr Axelrod in dollars through consultancy firm .