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 bexleydave  Barnehurst 27 Apr 17 9.41am |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
Duplicate post. Edited by bexleydave (27 Apr 2017 9.42am)
Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum) |
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| topcat Holmesdale / Surbiton 27 Apr 17 10.10am |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
It's only for £5 million which seems a relative pittance to me given the way it has been portrayed Seems a massive operation for just £5 million. I imagine that it is a warning to other clubs as much as anything.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses. |
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| MKCPFC Spain/MK 27 Apr 17 10.24am |
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Originally posted by aquickgame2
I was in Paris yesterday,only there for lunch and came back...I think the waiter was trying to nick the tip..very dodgy them Frenchies Indeed , the fact they let you in and out proves that.
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Apr 17 2.43pm |
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Originally posted by topcat
Seems a massive operation for just £5 million. I imagine that it is a warning to other clubs as much as anything. A warning to other clubs to do what? Shred all their documents? I did think yesterday when I read that 180 HMRC officers had been deployed to target £5m in avoided tax that it was a bit overkill and those officers would be better placed chasing up big corporate avoidance
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Apr 17 2.47pm |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
The discussion I heard on Radio 4 suggested that the matter relates to "image rights", where a player sets up a separate company into which a large proportion of their salary (for use of their "image" I'm not posh enough to listen to Radio 4 but on the more downmarket Radio 5 they had someone on who said that one of the problems with the "image rights" scam is that many of the footballers who set up offshore companies to receive the payments for image rights weren't that well known and probably didn't have much genuine income relating to their image rights making it just a tax fiddle
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is paid. Such companies are often based in tax havens, thus avoiding paying tax in the jurisdiction in which the money is earned. 
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