OT Alex Revell 16 HMRC 0

[Rothbiz]

An article about the HMRC unsuccessfully trying to get £16.5k from former Rotherham striker, Alex Revell.

http://www.contractorweekly.com/cont...e-from-enquiry

[millertop]

Serves them right for sending to wrong address

[ashbynick]

I guess it was ambitious, but definitely not brilliant.

[CAMiller]

Just goes to show that the life of a lower league player was not all that lucrative 4-5 years ago if his taxes were still being fully settled through PAYE. I was filing tax returns before leaving for the US and that was 20 years ago.

[tony260674]

Self assessment threshold is £100,000 for an employee CA.
Even today there will be a minority of league 2 players earning that much. Were you self employed?

[CAMiller]

Self assessment threshold is £100,000 for an employee CA.
Even today there will be a minority of league 2 players earning that much. Were you self employed?

No, but the threshold has obviously risen over the years. As you say there will be League two players were in 2011/2 and maybe still are on less than 2K/week.

[tony260674]

Average salaries 2014/5

Premier league £1.7m
Championship 324k
League 1 69k
League 2 40k

I expect these figures are skewed by young players on very small wages but show that perhaps wages aren't as high as we all think.

[CAMiller]

From those numbers it's easy to see how when a team starts falling it can rapidly snowball into financial woes. Maybe someone should be brave enough to write up players' contracts on a percentage of average basis e.g. if in the Premiership you are on 100% of average and the club gets relegated your contract adjusts to 100% of the Championship average. For parity it could also work the other way round for promotion. Nice thought but unlikely!