El Rubius, sentenced to pay more than 73,000 euros for tax fraud

the rubiusreally called Ruben Doblas Gundersenfire convicted of tax fraud by the Court of Justice of Madrid and must pay the sum of 72,770 euros in fines and late liens.

As the jury concluded, the Spanish youtuber obtained a partnership to evade taxes between 2013 and 2014 and settled in Andorra to avoid paying your tax obligations.

The verdict that convicted him was based on a inspection of the ministry of finance english that investigated, on the one hand, the streamer’s tax returns and, on the other hand, the profits of the company in which he began channeling his profits since 2013.

In this sense, the tax agency discovered that the benefits of the company created by the youtuber in Andorra, where he was the only worker at that time, they had not been destroyed properlysince he opted for a lower tax rate to save money.

In this way, the court will exhaust the rubius should have paid more taxes on his income, considering that the company he had created did not mean any contribution to his career and was only an attempt to deceive the Spanish tax authorities.

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Consequently, the youtuber must pay a sum of 49,629 euros of Personal Income Tax (IRPEF)which he avoided paying in 2013 under the aforementioned company, plus a fine 23,140.91 euros in relation to the tax evasion regime.

For his part, the Court rejected Gundersen’s defense appeals and endorsed the decision of the Tax Agency, so that the streamer must pay a total sum of 72,770 euros corresponding to his tax fraud conviction.

The decision of Spanish youtubers to settle in Andorra

the rubiuslike many other streamers and content creators, is based in andorra. Although he explained that his decision was based on being closer to his friends and colleagues, the reality is that the small principality is a region that he considers a kind of tax haven.

Andorra It is located in the middle of the Pyrenees Between Spain and France all of you income tax is only 10%, while VAT stands at 4.5%. At the same time, the rest of the taxes are also lower and less progressive than in other countries.

This tax benefit was what led several Spanish youtubers, streamers and influencers to move their operations and companies to Andorraavoiding taxing a large part of their profits to the Spanish treasury.

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