John Carew

[Brazilian Villain]

If it had been UK tax he might have been able to pull a few strings with HMRC.

[Bad English]

He robs more than me or you,
In prison a year or two...

[manic-road]

John Carew, who played more than 160 games for Aston Villa, Stoke and West Ham, scoring over 50 times, was sent to prison for 14 months in his native Norway on Wednesday.

Carew, 43, has also been told to pay a whopping fine of £45,353 (540,000 in Norwegian kroner) for evading taxes of more than £450,000.

The judge presiding in the case said Mr Carew had shown "gross negligence" - but that he could have been given a much longer jail sentence of two years and 7 months if it could be proven that he had evaded taxes on purpose.

"According to the evidence presented, the court cannot see that there is a cover for Carew's decision not to disclose his income and assets, even if the description of the offence was thereby fulfilled," the judge said in his judgement.

"In the court's view, there is nothing in the evidence that supports such a hypothesis."

[manic-road]

Just seen it's already on another thread, can this be deleted?

[Hookeysmith]

Always amazes me that rich people like this do not have decent accountants to address all this shit

[Brazilian Villain]

Always amazes me that rich people like this do not have decent accountants to address all this shit

If you believe some on here, that's an oxymoron.

[Bernie]

His fine of £45k must be equivalent to about 3  glasses of beer in Norway?

[SaddVillan]

From banging them in..... to being banged up.

[Edvard Remberg]

It is the nordic system, that if you spend more than 50% of the year in the country, you need to pay taxes there, no matter what your residence is. Seems like just negligence - not "counting" how much time he has spent in Norway.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

If it had been UK tax he might have been able to pull a few strings with HMRC.

You do know it changed recently ?
From HMRC to HMRC.

[KevinGage]

It is the nordic system, that if you spend more than 50% of the year in the country, you need to pay taxes there, no matter what your residence is. Seems like just negligence - not "counting" how much time he has spent in Norway.

Seems brutal to be looking at a custodial.

Particularly as he hasn't deliberately tried to mislead the authorities.

[Drummond]

Can't be proven he tried.

[UK Redsox]

If it had been UK tax he might have been able to pull a few strings with HMRC.

You do know it changed recently ?
From HMRC to HMRC.

And neither of them answer their fecking phone

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

It is the nordic system, that if you spend more than 50% of the year in the country, you need to pay taxes there, no matter what your residence is. Seems like just negligence - not "counting" how much time he has spent in Norway.

Seems brutal to be looking at a custodial.

Particularly as he hasn't deliberately tried to mislead the authorities.

A case of ignorantia juris non excusat.

[Simon Page]

I wish there was a custodial for anyone who goes above a threshold for non-payment, rising by amount. It might make a few of them think twice.