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[kenkip]

Is there an accountant here who can adjust these figures to reflect the taxes deducted from their respective country of residence?

[tjkoyen]

Is there an accountant here who can adjust these figures to reflect the taxes deducted from their respective country of residence?

Would be much the same, most have a residence in Switzerland I believe.

[kenkip]

Would be much the same, most have a residence in Switzerland I believe.

What I was reasoning was that for example Hamilton who lives in Monaco (no income tax!) will take home more cash than some one like Alonso who lives in Spain where they tax their sportsmen aggresivley.

[tjkoyen]

What I was reasoning was that for example Hamilton who lives in Monaco (no income tax!) will take home more cash than some one like Alonso who lives in Spain where they tax their sportsmen aggresivley.

Yup, good point for sure, but that's what I was saying. Switzerland has almost no taxation on income as far as I know. Several drivers have residences in tax havens such as Monaco and Switzerland.

[Sin]

isn't there something about a deal with germany and switzerland now about taxes?

would affect Seb & Adrian... dunno where Nico H. lives.... but Nico R. is in Monaco....

[Tenmantaylor]

Sebastian is on a baseline salary and then has bonuses for points, podiums, wins and championships.

Explains why he won't obey team orders, needs the money for the gas meter.

[Nahnever]

isn't there something about a deal with germany and switzerland now about taxes?

would affect Seb & Adrian... dunno where Nico H. lives.... but Nico R. is in Monaco....

Lewis lives next door to Nico in Monaco apparently.

[Afterburner]

Explains why he won't obey team orders, needs the money for the gas meter.

[George Costanza]

Michael Schumacher made more money than Alonso ever made at Ferrari.... He made something of like 35 to 40 million, of course, his net worth is around 500 million. I don't think Fernando will come close to that.

Edited by George Costanza, 09 May 2013 - 01:55.

[George Costanza]

How about: I have heard that Fernando earns 200 million euro annually and Kimi earns 250 million annually by being a formula one driver that they are. Vettel earns 100.000,- in comparison, which makes him the best asset that a team can have.

200 million euros?

With that kind of money, he would be like Larry Elison.

[kosmos]

Alonso third highest paid sports person on the planet


1-Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather $90 million
2-David Beckham $48 million
3-Roger Federer $43 million,
4-Alonso $42 million
11-Hamilton $24 million,
??-Michael Schumacher $20 million

The source is Sports Illustrated.

[Cool Beans]

Alonso changed his name to Roger Federer?

[Roscoe]

I love how people complain someone is earning 'only' 3 million a year .

I wish I 'only' earned that much.

[kosmos]

Alonso changed his name to Roger Federer?

Read the article.

[Dalton007]

Classy move to post people's salaries. It's none of our business.

Edited by Dalton007, 16 May 2013 - 10:15.

[Tonka]

Classy move to post people's salaries. It's none of our business.

But you still read the thread.

[Tonka]

Pity the poor Americans. Wherever they live or earn their money, the US still taxes them and requires a tax form from them every year. Those who've attempted to avoid paying have eventually come unstuck when their US passport ran out!

[Cool Beans]

Read the article.

I did, you obviously didn't. The headline in the article is 'Alonso fourth highest paid sports person on the planet'.

[superdelphinus]

They probably wouldn't even know themselves how much they earn each year. I know a couple of very rich people through work and they honestly have no idea, it's just become meaningless to them

[encircled]

Alonso third highest paid sports person on the planet


1-Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather $90 million
2-David Beckham $48 million
3rd-Roger Federer $43 million,
4-Alonso $42 million
11-Hamilton $24 million,
??-Michael Schumacher $20 million

The source is Sports Illustrated.

The bold parts is what CB is trying to say.

I did, you obviously didn't. The headline in the article is 'Alonso fourth highest paid sports person on the planet'.

To be fair, the yallaf1 article is incorrect.

Here is the original source.

3. Alonso
11. Hamilton
15. Schumacher

[Garagiste]

So as an investment Nico and Jenson should be sacked today, Kimi is 10 times better than Alonso.

6 seconds a lap?

[kosmos]

I did, you obviously didn't. The headline in the article is 'Alonso fourth highest paid sports person on the planet'.

They changed the headline. This it's why they said he was third and not fourth in the first please.

Excluding American athletes, like undefeated boxer Floyd ‘Money’

Edited by kosmos, 17 May 2013 - 03:35.

[Alondra]

What I was reasoning was that for example Hamilton who lives in Monaco (no income tax!) will take home more cash than some one like Alonso who lives in Spain where they tax their sportsmen aggresivley.

I have no idea how much Alonso, or any other driver earns. Frankly, I don't trust news reports on this issue - the only ones knowing what they make is the drivers themselves. Everything else is headlines contributing to sell papers.

Having said that, I have a lot respect for Alonso. He could have kept living in Switzerland without paying income tax. At a time when Spain is suffering its worst economic crisis in years, he made the decision to go back and pay a very healthy share of his salary in taxes to his country.

Good on him.

[CSquared]

Looks to me like Alonso is 7th overall in the SI article.

I find it interesting that Rossi is no longer on the list at all. He used to be pretty high.