Boycott ALL English sporting events!!

Originally posted by ElleEffSeee
Usain pulled out of London as he's bang out of form and didn't want to get humiliated by the Gay man.

That, or bang out of the stuff that made him unbeatable before.

Originally posted by whodey
The implications are now being felt. Previously HM Revenue & Customs had only gone after a portion of "active income" earnings from prize money or appearances fees. But the so-called "passive income" -- mainly from endorsements -- was not deemed liable for UK tax. Now attempts are made to claim tax not just on a foriegn sportsperson's direct earnings on British soil but also on a proportion of the sportsperson's global endorsement earmings.

I wonder how many of the top athletes will come to the 2012 Olympics in London if they have to pay taxes on every endorsement?

Originally posted by whodey
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/tiger-and-the-1631m-tax-bill-how-british-law-may-scare-off-woods-from-ryder-cup-2048016.html

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Tiger Woods' reluctance to accpet a Ryder Cup wild card may in part be due to a 1 million pound tax bill he could face for playing in th ...[text shortened]... income? Should the UK then have the right to any endorsement money you recieve?

I hadn't heard that. Even by Britain's socialist standards, that extrapolation is a quantum leap in government's assault on liberty. Surely, some American Democrat somewhere is thinking, "Britain is really on to something..." The time for big, intrusive government to pass away is at hand.