Quote from: paul_e on November 22, 2022, 03:32:57 PMQuote from: darren woolley on November 22, 2022, 03:11:54 PMDon't these footballers with all this money have accountants to do there tax returns.Carew's problem isn't really about paying tax but rather about residency. There are very strict rules on tax in Norway whereby if you spend more than a certain numbers of days in the country you have to pay tax as a resident, him, or someone working for him, miscaculated the number of days so incorrectly believed he didn't need to pay tax.It seems ridiculously extreme to send him to prison for what seems like a case of negligence rather than a concerted effort at lillegal evasion. I'm not saying the UK system is perfect, but over here it goes something like:Do your best to illegally hide your income and assets and don't fess up when found out - criminal charges and possible prisonAs above, but hold your hands up and pay up when told to do so - pay the tax, plus big penalty (sometimes 2 x the tax evaded) plus interest. Probably no prison.Use of a clever avoidance scheme found not to work at a tribunal - penalties and interest, HMRC publishing your name and them watching your every step for the rest of your daysCareless mistake/negligence - depending on the severity, maybe penalties, maybe not, but definitely interest on the tax outstanding.
Quote from: darren woolley on November 22, 2022, 03:11:54 PMDon't these footballers with all this money have accountants to do there tax returns.Carew's problem isn't really about paying tax but rather about residency. There are very strict rules on tax in Norway whereby if you spend more than a certain numbers of days in the country you have to pay tax as a resident, him, or someone working for him, miscaculated the number of days so incorrectly believed he didn't need to pay tax.
Don't these footballers with all this money have accountants to do there tax returns.
Yes I know, 21% which compared to most countries is low. Each state then adds on their own percentage, which I think vary between something like 2% and 12%. Something like that, I don't do much US work.
all that money and no-one to hide it, move it, launder it, whatever these rich people usually do to not declare it - you'd think he'd have more brains than that.
Quote from: N'ZMAV on November 22, 2022, 07:50:28 PMall that money and no-one to hide it, move it, launder it, whatever these rich people usually do to not declare it - you'd think he'd have more brains than that. Again this isn't really about tax avoidance (in any form), it's about a misunderstanding of Norwegian residency laws. The money/tax aspect is secondary, which is why the case found him guilty of negligence rather than fraud. The complicated part is how that translates into a fairly significant prison stretch, I haven't found anything to explain why he was given such a heavy punishment.
Quote from: paul_e on November 23, 2022, 09:40:49 AMQuote from: N'ZMAV on November 22, 2022, 07:50:28 PMall that money and no-one to hide it, move it, launder it, whatever these rich people usually do to not declare it - you'd think he'd have more brains than that. Again this isn't really about tax avoidance (in any form), it's about a misunderstanding of Norwegian residency laws. The money/tax aspect is secondary, which is why the case found him guilty of negligence rather than fraud. The complicated part is how that translates into a fairly significant prison stretch, I haven't found anything to explain why he was given such a heavy punishment.1. They probably did not believe he did not know the residency laws.2. He maybe did not co-operate when he was found out.Thats how it is with the IRS and HMRC.
They (prosecutor) didn't believe he didn't know - this is due to prior warning in 2006 (or thereabouts) that he needed to be careful with the 183 days, so it wasn't something he had no idea bout. Also he hasn't missed by a few days, but has been 200+ days. If done by intent, I think they said it could be up to 7 years in prison.
My guess is that they couldn't prove intentionality, but could prove he'd done it.
Quote from: Edvard Remberg on November 24, 2022, 01:01:36 PMThey (prosecutor) didn't believe he didn't know - this is due to prior warning in 2006 (or thereabouts) that he needed to be careful with the 183 days, so it wasn't something he had no idea bout. Also he hasn't missed by a few days, but has been 200+ days. If done by intent, I think they said it could be up to 7 years in prison.Ah, interesting, I didn't see that he'd been warned before.Quote from: Drummond on November 24, 2022, 02:35:41 PMMy guess is that they couldn't prove intentionality, but could prove he'd done it. That seems a fair guess.