And given a 23 month jail sentence which he won't have to serve.
This is the guy who earns £100m per year and has a £1bn lifetime contract with Nike.
Why fiddle your tax? Or why allow your accountants to do so?
It's disgusting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46957605
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22-01-2019 10:50 AM #1
Ronaldo fined £16.5m for tax evasion
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22-01-2019 10:58 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I'm convinced they must be advised by their agents etc not to pay tax. Until they do away with a suspended sentence and start jailing them, it will probably continue.
All that aside, they're all a bunch of greedy c***s.
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22-01-2019 11:00 AM #4
plain and simple Greed, big smiles when arriving at court, how funny would it have been if the judge changed his mind and jailed the smug sleekit **** instead, him and Messi in the same jail football eleven
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22-01-2019 11:01 AM #5
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One rule for the rich another for others.
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22-01-2019 11:15 AM #7
Devil's Advocate question.
Given that, as pointed out, many high-profile players seem to get in this position almost by default.... is society better-off by jailing them, or by taking the (in this case) £16.5m.?
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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How wealthy do they need to be? Just pay what you're due and get on with it.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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22-01-2019 11:41 AM #14
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22-01-2019 11:54 AM #15
The trouble is this sort of punishment probably isn't seen as a punishment by these guys earning vast sums of money. It is probably seen as worth the risk of doing the deed in the first place. A prison sentence would be more of a deterrent from doing this.
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22-01-2019 12:24 PM #16
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Whether my agent advised me or not - surely morally you'd just be saying - do it by the book
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Easy, start jailing the tax evaders, which will send a message out to other rich, greedy ********s thinking of doing the same.
Then if the rich actually start paying their taxes, the tax burden might not be so great on those among the lower pay brackets that are struggling to make ends meet.
Personally, I blame the accountants and would have them all shot.
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22-01-2019 04:09 PM #20
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I would have given him 25 months.
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22-01-2019 04:26 PM #22
Greed begets greed, i think is the apt term here.
For someone who came from the impoverished childhood he did too/
He is not alone ,of course, in his avarice .
Am sure his financial advisor could have come up with something that may have benefited the place of his birth.,rather than cheating the tax man.
Whats the saying.....
the more ye get, the more......
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What makes it more galling.
He knew this was coming and his move from Spain to Italy has more than covered what he was fined .
No real punishment at all, is it?
His demeanor when leaving court hardly showed a man concerned.
Went right of this guy now.
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22-01-2019 04:44 PM #25
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Too bloody cocky and arrogant for his own good, if you ask me.
And, you're right, no punishment at all.
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22-01-2019 05:16 PM #26
Considering also he made an out of court payment to an "alleged" rape victim and has an ongoing claim against him for the same offence, he's effectively shattered any "goody, goody" image he might have engineered over the years as a footballing icon.
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