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"Football stars to dodge 50% tax"

I read an article in last week's Sunday Times about how Premier League footballers are planning to dodge the new 50p income tax rate by asking clubs to pay their seven figure salaries as interest free loans, which attracts a negligible levy. So let me get this right - whilst we all have to pay income tax (so as the country can function) these multi-millionnaire a*rseh*les believe they should be exempt. Apparently some of these players are actually considering playing in lower leagues in countries where the tax rate is less. I like this bit taken from the newspaper...

"Only last week Andrey Arshavin, the Russian born Arsenal midfielder, revealed that he had received an unpleasant surprise from Britain's high taxes and was now seeking a rise on his £80,000 per week salary"

It makes you want to puke!

Rant over.

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