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Viktor "Isildur1" Blom: An unlikely due of $ 149 million to the Swedish tax administration
More stricter control on online poker sites that claim to be abroad, especially outside Europe, but doing a lot of operations in Sweden was announced by the Ministry of Taxes in Sweden. In fact, according to the law in this country, the declaration of gains earned on online sites based outside the European continent and particularly from Sweden is a duty. This applies to Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, who recently unmasked after so many years as an unidentified young poker star. According to a Swedish newspaper specialist in finance heading, Dagen Industri, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom would have to pay $ 149 million to the Swedish tax authorities.
In explaining these considerable sums, the local newspaper took as basis the country's legislation that would require a 30% tax on each pocketed pot by the poker player. Moreover, the commentary of an expert from the Department of Taxation, Dag Hardyson showed that Viktor "Isildur1" Blom played outside the European Union. Native of Ed, a city of Sweden near the Norwegian border, Blom recently decided to live in London where the income earned from gambling are not taxable. For a while, the press particularly interested in the case of the famous player, now identified, including his identity hidden. The answer is now clear, it is to avoid the imposition of taxes in his country, sustained by Swedish players such as Martin de Kniff who has about $ 1.5 million of unpaid or Daniel Larsson who should also pay $ 147,601 for the tax administration in his country.
Source: Poker 777
Friday, 21 January 2011
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