03 Apr 2020 13:20:49
Not sure if it's been mentioned but hats off to Marcus Rashford for the excellent charity work he's been doing. He's seems a really down to earth guy, and a decent human being.

1.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 13:43:07
Great getting all the plaudits from raising money from poorer people when the amount he raised was a fraction of his wages.

2.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 13:49:25
May as well not bother them eh mate? Can’t please everyone I guess. You must hate the common goal donations of 1% as well.

3.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 14:34:49
EPL footballers are in zero financial difficulty and could pay the wages of every person employed by the club with a tiny fraction of their wages. Their greed should not be forgotten by paltry acts of charity. They have shown themselves to be moral vacuums during this crisis.

4.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 15:04:58
The players have all just agreed donated 30% of their wages to nhs/ charities. The club are continuing to pay their staff.

I agree that the clubs taking advantage of the furlough scheme are a disgrace.

5.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 16:17:21
I know they earn ridiculous amounts but they can’t do right from wrong. What about these billionaire leeches like Branson Phillip Green and Ashley who have sucked the country dry for years and also these mega corporations who dodge tax.

6.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 16:32:49
I think the 30% straight to the NHS is a great idea. Better going there than taking a pay cut and it going straight to the owners.

7.) 03 Apr 2020
03 Apr 2020 16:58:28
Noucamp, it depends if the donations are tax deductible. It would look good on paper, but it would amount to nothing more than what would be public money going into the public sector, which is the primary goal of taxes anyway, and the footballers wouldn't be much worse off.

8.) 04 Apr 2020
04 Apr 2020 16:24:09
LoveludwigVan,
Is there a way to deduct it 100% from your tax?
There certainly isn’t here in germany.
And why is it not better then a pay cut which mostly serves the owners?

Thanks in advance for explaining

Have a nice weekend and stay safe everyone.

{Ed002's Note - You can claim tax relief if donations are to charities.}

9.) 05 Apr 2020
05 Apr 2020 07:24:13
Germany does gets tax relief too: "If you are German, then donations of up to 20% of your annual income can be claimed as tax-exempt (donations of over 20% can be carried into the next fiscal year) . The money that can be claimed from a tax deductible donation may enable you to be more generous than you initially thought. "

It's never a very straight forward administrative claim but my guess is footballers likely have accountants who'll automatically lodge the claims for them.