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Alf-Inge Haaland (50) moves from Norway to Switzerland. The reason is clear: he wants to save taxes. Like so many of his compatriots who moved to Switzerland before him.
This causes problems for the Norwegians. In the case of Haaland, a little more than the other very wealthy. Why? It has to do with football. “Norway gave everything to him and his son. Thanks to the Norwegian sports movement, both were able to train. And now he is running off to save taxes,” said Agnes Viljugrein, MP and member of the Norwegian Social Democratic Party.
“One of the worst tax havens”
What she’s talking about: Erling Braut Haaland (22) has made the country what it is today. The superstar par excellence, who lures all sponsors with contracts worth millions. His father and now tax evader Alf-Inge also earns a lot from the ManCity striker, he is his son’s advisor. “It really is a slap in the face when the reward for our annual efforts and training is that he is now moving to one of the worst tax havens in the world,” the MP continued in Dagbladet.
The following comparisons show that the wealthy Norwegians in the tax haven Switzerland actually save a lot of money: in Zurich, for example, they pay 0.6 percent tax on their wealth – about half of what would be the case at home. In Lucerne this tax is still half, so 0.3 percent – you save two thirds of the wealth tax there.
Father Haaland should donate in thanks
Politician Marie Martinussen of the left-wing party “Rodt” even called the Haaland project primitive and provocative. “A football millionaire evades the tax burden, while at the same time many children are forced to give up the sport because they cannot afford it – that is morally reprehensible.”
She also comes up with a suggestion on how Haaland can say goodbye in a good way. “He should contribute to Norway with his tax money as a thank you to the community.”
While Alf-Inge’s son Erling Haaland gets the ball rolling, the father’s move could spark a review of the law. Because: The case makes it clear that the government must introduce an emigration tax that cannot be avoided. Otherwise the Norwegians would become millionaires at home and then always run off. (par)
Source: Blick
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