Videogames The youtuber El Rubius goes to Andorra: "I have been trading in Spain for 10 years of my career"
Andorra, youtuber paradise The escape of the new millionaires to pay less taxes
He is probably the most popular youtuber in our country.
El Rubius
announced in one of his streams in 'Twich' last Sunday that he was moving to Andorra because "all his friends are there" and because not paying so many taxes "is a plus, obviously."
The case of El Rubius, whose real name is Rubén Doblas Gundersen, is one of a long list of youtubers who have packed their bags to cross the Pyrenees attracted by, among other charms, its benevolent tax conditions.
Colleagues such as
TheGrefg, Lolito, Vegeta777
or
Willyrex
have been established in Andorra for years.
"I have been literally ten years of my career on YouTube paying here," he said while
admitting that there would be controversy over this movement.
"People often speak without knowing and I know what is going to happen, but I don't care."
He was not wrong.
Much has been said since then about his move.
So much so that, although he said he would not do it, the youtuber has published
a letter
on his social networks
explaining his decision.
"At first I was not going to comment on this issue. I had planned to keep quiet and continue living my life.
Many people close to me have also recommended that I remain silent
and wait for the tide to subside a bit. Others have advised me to give an official response, hiring a communication consultant and send it to the media. But seeing where all this has come, I have decided to write and publish this on my own. In the end, what is being talked about is my life so I prefer to tackle it myself, "he explains.
Rubén complains about the treatment that various media outlets have given the news.
"The common denominator? Take what I said out of context, look for the easy click and, of course, the lack of contrast and truthful sources."
He adds that social networks have only added fuel to the fire.
"In the RRSS, anyone has an open opinion based on a simple 128-character headline, or based on the first result they have obtained in their Google search without a hint of critical thinking, deepening or contrast".
The letter does not overlook the
controversy over taxes.
El Rubios assures that he has paid half of what he has earned to the treasury and claims to be "very happy" to have done so.
"Many people speak as if I had not paid taxes in my life, as if I had not done anything for my country (or rather, for one of my two countries), as if I were a criminal. I have spent these 10 years of Youtuber paying almost half of what I've earned in taxes. 10 years. And I'm so glad I paid them. "
He also has words for the Treasury: "What bothers me is that, although I have been doing things well and legally since day one, as, without a doubt, they should be done, the
Treasury has treated me as if I were a" criminal.
Since that first day, I have been subjected to tax inspections, notifications have been issued to the rest of the European and US Treasuries to see if I had "hidden current accounts", they have imposed sanctions on me for not meeting requests that never came, and a long etcetera ".
According to
Business Insider
magazine
, El Rubius, who is 30 years old and has almost 40 million subscribers on YouTube,
earned 4.3 million euros last year
.
And he's been at this since 2006.
Andorra is one of the countries in Europe (it is not a member of the European Union)
in which taxes such as personal income tax are less taxed
, which depending on the tranches, in our country can be as high as 52%.
In Andorra, the maximum would be 10%.
This is one of the many advantages offered to people like El Rubius, whose annual turnover is millionaire.
The cap on corporation tax is also 10% in Andorra, in contrast to 30% in Spain.
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