You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
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He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
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My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
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picking a name out of a hat?
the current media furore is based on sport stars contributions.
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
especially taking into account his tax behavior.
you morons can't seem to get that simple link, its not a name out of hat at all, its Britains highest earning sports star.
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 53 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yup. If we're going to do this let's do it right.
Pitchforks and flaming torches
This post stinks of the politics of envy. I know everyone's struggling atm but singling out individuals is pointless. I'm not a fan of Gary Lineker usually but he's right about people calling out footballers and ignoring CEO's, bankers, Hollywood and rest of the super wealthy. I'm sure loads of them have given a lot anyway but don't feel the need to publicise it or want a pat on the back for it. Lewis Hamilton might have donated millions already for all you know.
Didn't he move to tax haven Switzerland? Or did he ditch that, to move to tax haven Monaco?
Regardless of where the weird facker is, he shouldn't be hounded through the media for a donation. Footballers shouldn't be singled out either. No one should be forced to donate.
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
---
A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
Yeah he's probably taxed on his basic paltry wage he receives for racing in that country. The other 90% of his income which comprises of bonuses, commission and royalties, gets shifted over to his company based In Monaco
Government aren’t gonna call out people avoiding tax.
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
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He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
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My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
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this is just wrong on so many levels.
do footballers pay tax to Spain when they play a CL game in Spain?
he lives in Monaco to avoid any income tax on his contract, the location of his employer is completely irrelevant.
the whole sport of f1 is a tax avoidance scheme. take these figures from 2016
It paid just $8.5m in taxes in 2016, up from $6.1m a year earlier. Its pre-tax profits totalled $450.3m ($463.6m) in 2016.
2%
To make a difference you need to dismantle the systems and administrations that create these individual anomalies, rather than go after the few individual anomalies who can benefit from them.
This is usually through the ballot box, in a democracy.
Seriously ask yourself, am I part of the solution or am I part of the problem?
You will feel much better and calmer if you did and you wouldn't get so wound up by the actions of a few wealthy people like... Lewis Hamilton, for example.
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
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A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
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so why did Liverpool furlough staff? to protect Liverpool
government call him out? they called out footballers.
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
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He doesn't live in the UK so he's not liable for UK tax, technically he's not avoiding anything. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of it he's still contributed more to charity than 99% of people do.
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
---
A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
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so why did Liverpool furlough staff? to protect Liverpool
government call him out? they called out footballers.
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Exactly. The wage cut is to protect clubs, the sport as a whole.
My understanding was that Hancock was asked the question and he answered it. You're making out as if there's some government campaign to get footballers to pay for the NHS.
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
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He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
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this is just wrong on so many levels.
do footballers pay tax to Spain when they play a CL game in Spain?
he lives in Monaco to avoid any income tax on his contract, the location of his employer is completely irrelevant.
the whole sport of f1 is a tax avoidance scheme. take these figures from 2016
It paid just $8.5m in taxes in 2016, up from $6.1m a year earlier. Its pre-tax profits totalled $450.3m ($463.6m) in 2016.
2%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blame the game, not the players.
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
picking a name out of a hat?
the current media furore is based on sport stars contributions.
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
especially taking into account his tax behavior.
you morons can't seem to get that simple link, its not a name out of hat at all, its Britains highest earning sports star.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It was footballers not sportstars, and it was in general. People weren't hounding Mo Salah for example. Where are your gripes against other drivers. A pathetic article on the coat tails of the footballers. Let's spend next week doing pop stars, and then the week after actors.
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
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He doesn't live in the UK so he's not liable for UK tax, technically he's not avoiding anything. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of it he's still contributed more to charity than 99% of people do.
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Of course he’s avoiding it. That’s why he resides in facking Monaco.
I live in France so don't pay UK tax. Is that avoiding it?
avoiding it would be putting earnings in tax avoidance schemes or whatever instead paying tax on it. He's not due to pay any income tax so he's not avoiding anything.
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 2 minutes ago
avoiding it would be putting earnings in tax avoidance schemes or whatever instead paying tax on it. He's not due to pay any income tax so he's not avoiding anything.
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he's been caught doing that very thing.
google paradise papers
France isn’t a tax haven.
Do you have a personal vendetta against him? You seem to know so much.
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 minutes ago
Do you have a personal vendetta against him? You seem to know so much.
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actually this all started simply because I genuinely wondered why our biggest earner wasn't being mentioned anywhere by anyone.
then with all the counter arguments raised to the OP I have discovered via google what a little cretin he actually is.
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posted on 5/4/20
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
posted on 5/4/20
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
picking a name out of a hat?
the current media furore is based on sport stars contributions.
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
especially taking into account his tax behavior.
you morons can't seem to get that simple link, its not a name out of hat at all, its Britains highest earning sports star.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 53 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yup. If we're going to do this let's do it right.
Pitchforks and flaming torches
posted on 5/4/20
This post stinks of the politics of envy. I know everyone's struggling atm but singling out individuals is pointless. I'm not a fan of Gary Lineker usually but he's right about people calling out footballers and ignoring CEO's, bankers, Hollywood and rest of the super wealthy. I'm sure loads of them have given a lot anyway but don't feel the need to publicise it or want a pat on the back for it. Lewis Hamilton might have donated millions already for all you know.
posted on 5/4/20
Didn't he move to tax haven Switzerland? Or did he ditch that, to move to tax haven Monaco?
Regardless of where the weird facker is, he shouldn't be hounded through the media for a donation. Footballers shouldn't be singled out either. No one should be forced to donate.
posted on 5/4/20
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
posted on 5/4/20
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
---
A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
posted on 5/4/20
Yeah he's probably taxed on his basic paltry wage he receives for racing in that country. The other 90% of his income which comprises of bonuses, commission and royalties, gets shifted over to his company based In Monaco
posted on 5/4/20
Government aren’t gonna call out people avoiding tax.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
----------------------------------------------------------------------
this is just wrong on so many levels.
do footballers pay tax to Spain when they play a CL game in Spain?
he lives in Monaco to avoid any income tax on his contract, the location of his employer is completely irrelevant.
the whole sport of f1 is a tax avoidance scheme. take these figures from 2016
It paid just $8.5m in taxes in 2016, up from $6.1m a year earlier. Its pre-tax profits totalled $450.3m ($463.6m) in 2016.
2%
posted on 5/4/20
To make a difference you need to dismantle the systems and administrations that create these individual anomalies, rather than go after the few individual anomalies who can benefit from them.
This is usually through the ballot box, in a democracy.
Seriously ask yourself, am I part of the solution or am I part of the problem?
You will feel much better and calmer if you did and you wouldn't get so wound up by the actions of a few wealthy people like... Lewis Hamilton, for example.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
---
A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
----------------------------------------------------------------------
so why did Liverpool furlough staff? to protect Liverpool
government call him out? they called out footballers.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He doesn't live in the UK so he's not liable for UK tax, technically he's not avoiding anything. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of it he's still contributed more to charity than 99% of people do.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
---
A pay cut to protect Mercedes? I don't get that part.
Contribute money? Sure that'd be nice. Hopefully he will.
Called out by the government? Where does this end - the Queen is a heck of a lot richer, she should cough up..
----------------------------------------------------------------------
so why did Liverpool furlough staff? to protect Liverpool
government call him out? they called out footballers.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Exactly. The wage cut is to protect clubs, the sport as a whole.
My understanding was that Hancock was asked the question and he answered it. You're making out as if there's some government campaign to get footballers to pay for the NHS.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by CEF (U3090)
posted 10 minutes ago
He gives more to charity and pays more tax than I earn in 10 years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He’s also avoided paying more tax than you’ve paid in ten years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My limited (admittedly) understanding, is that he pays tax in each of the 20 countries that the races take place. As do his fellow drivers. He is basically travelling 9 months every year. For the other 3 months he pays taxes in the UK because that's where his emplyers factory is based. U think I am being accurate but maybe Toto Wolff knows more than humble little me
----------------------------------------------------------------------
this is just wrong on so many levels.
do footballers pay tax to Spain when they play a CL game in Spain?
he lives in Monaco to avoid any income tax on his contract, the location of his employer is completely irrelevant.
the whole sport of f1 is a tax avoidance scheme. take these figures from 2016
It paid just $8.5m in taxes in 2016, up from $6.1m a year earlier. Its pre-tax profits totalled $450.3m ($463.6m) in 2016.
2%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blame the game, not the players.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Jim Lahey (U22183)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 seconds ago
You don't know what he will be paying.
Picking à famous name out of a hat and wanting the press, fans, football fans on here to start a hue and cry, to get him ragged by the media doesn't reflect well on you Jim.
There are plenty of billionaires in the UK,, we could get a list up and harasss them all.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
picking a name out of a hat?
the current media furore is based on sport stars contributions.
is it not fair to ask why britians highest earning sports star isn't being asked to take a pay cut? contribute money? why he isn't be called out by the government?
especially taking into account his tax behavior.
you morons can't seem to get that simple link, its not a name out of hat at all, its Britains highest earning sports star.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It was footballers not sportstars, and it was in general. People weren't hounding Mo Salah for example. Where are your gripes against other drivers. A pathetic article on the coat tails of the footballers. Let's spend next week doing pop stars, and then the week after actors.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
But he’s not paying his full tax contributions on his earnings as he resides in Monaco to deliberately avoid paying it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He doesn't live in the UK so he's not liable for UK tax, technically he's not avoiding anything. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of it he's still contributed more to charity than 99% of people do.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course he’s avoiding it. That’s why he resides in facking Monaco.
posted on 5/4/20
I live in France so don't pay UK tax. Is that avoiding it?
posted on 5/4/20
avoiding it would be putting earnings in tax avoidance schemes or whatever instead paying tax on it. He's not due to pay any income tax so he's not avoiding anything.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 2 minutes ago
avoiding it would be putting earnings in tax avoidance schemes or whatever instead paying tax on it. He's not due to pay any income tax so he's not avoiding anything.
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he's been caught doing that very thing.
google paradise papers
posted on 5/4/20
France isn’t a tax haven.
posted on 5/4/20
Do you have a personal vendetta against him? You seem to know so much.
posted on 5/4/20
Moi?
posted on 5/4/20
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 minutes ago
Do you have a personal vendetta against him? You seem to know so much.
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actually this all started simply because I genuinely wondered why our biggest earner wasn't being mentioned anywhere by anyone.
then with all the counter arguments raised to the OP I have discovered via google what a little cretin he actually is.
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