Bad News On Sky!!!!!!!

[Kittwazzer]

If you time your visits correctly, you can avoid paying any tax at all! My understanding is that you have to be resident in a country for 180 days in a tax year to be liable for tax in that country!

That said, last night they said Stevo was ill but would be OK for next week. Maybe he is in Jersey recuperating!

[Fraggle]

That said, last night they said Stevo was ill but would be OK for next week. Maybe he is in Jersey recuperating!

I guess we all forget that he's about 112 years old! Actually, that's a bit unfair, according to Wikipedia he's only 61, I thought he was older than that, he retired aged 31 which is a bit younger than I'd expected.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Stephenson

[turf]

IIRC Stevo has to go back to Australia for a few weeks mid-season for immigration reasons. If he's in one country or the other country for too long then he might have problems with residency, and as far as I'm aware he officially lives in Australia these days.

It's a bit of a way to just come over and commentate on two games a week isn't it????? :conf: :conf:

No, he officially lives in Aus, so for tax/immigration reasons he's based over there, but lives over here for part of the year to work for Sky. But I think he were over here continuously for 6 months or however long the season is then they'll consider him to have moved back to the UK and that will affect his living situation (including him probably having to pay more tax by becoming a full-time British citizen again!). So he needs to go back to Aus to break up the time that he's over here so that the paperwork is kept in order.

Thanks for clearing that up Fraggle!!!!

[Kittwazzer]

I am sure we will all sleep soundly in our beds knowing that the Gob on a Stick can come over here, earn a fortune from Sky, and not pay a penny piece in Income Tax!