Fans of darts prodigy Luke Littler have hit out on the HMRC over a cheeky social media publish in regards to the 16 yr previous’s tax invoice.
The younger star had a powerful run at this yr’s PDC World Championships, making it to the ultimate and bagging £200,000 in prize cash. However, it was then revealed he has been slapped with a hefty tax invoice, dropping virtually half of his winnings.
HMRC confirmed the information on Twitter, sparking outrage amongst Littler’s supporters. They wrote: “Big congrats to Luke on his fantastic run to the final. We can confirm the existence of income tax.”
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Darts followers fumed within the feedback. One wrote: “Sarcasm isn’t needed from the HMRC, thanks. It’s a terrible look for you.” Another added: “Quite an unpleasant, condescending response from HMRC, I feel – even though it may be technically accurate.”
A 3rd particular person chimed in: “Nothing funny about this Tweet. Inappropriate.” Another Twitter person added: “Such a poor post this is.” According to Saxo funding platform professional, Littler’s £200,000 win may have slightly below half (£76,203) going to the taxman. When you add in £7,330 for National Insurance, he’ll solely pocket round £117,000.
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“Everybody needs to pay tax, no matter their age, and under 18s have the same personal allowance as adults,” stated Andrew Mangion, tax product head at Saxo. He went on: “Normally children don’t work or if they do, their pay is generally under the tax free allowance.”
Mangion additional defined: “In this case, it’s rare for a teenager to come into so much money in one lump sum and we would advise him to take professional financial advice on how to best act on this.”
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The younger professional is not completed racking up the money, having jumped a powerful 133 locations to sit down inside the world rankings’ prime 32. This guarantees him a tour card for this yr, plus he is made the reduce for the Premier League of Darts.
This means he is assured of incomes a minimum of £60,000, while the winner of the 17-night face-off pockets a whopping £275,000, not counting the weekly prizes up for grabs.
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