Dodwell: Taxing sports stars makes little sense

Deloitte’s head of tax on the absurdity of Usain Bolt not running in the UK due to tax law

Wasn’t it great – a whole fortnight of good news, without any tax stories in the media! And then up pops the world’s fastest man to explain why he doesn’t run in the UK. It’s down to tax. We all know that Usain Bolt lives in Jamaica and no doubt he pays tax there.

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