https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/the-ecclestone-grand-prix-collection/ Can’t seem to find a definitive list if anyone’s able to help. Couple of the “best” examples here; https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money...e-Ecclestone-300-million-collection-sale.html Certainly puts the bikes in the other thread into perspective!
I wonder why a guy with more money than he could ever spend, would part with his collection aged 94? And then suddenly its announced he has changed his mind! Now once he has bought the farm, I expect the family will dump the cars as fast as they can, so this could all have been a shrewd way to increase interest & value...
People with that wealth don’t have tax bills. They do a deal which is normally way less that what was ‘asked’ for by taxman
Not in this case. He was charged with and pleaded guilty to cheating the revenue out of something like £700m, so it has gone way beyond the negotiating stage.
His ex-son inlaw has a colourful real life godfather....what's the saying 'birds of a feather, flock together ' ?
Bound to be more. Never in history has someone so wealthy actually paid back what is owed: why would it be different with him
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/bernie-ecclestone-admits-to-ps400m-tax-fraud Was 400 sponds.
Bang the little prick up. it’s always the richest that do their utmost to swerve paying their way. Like Sunak's Missus…..grrr
It’s not clear what amount of tax he dodged. The £400m figure isn’t the tax he avoided but the value of a trust that he failed to declare to HMRC when he was being investigated on terms that he wouldn’t be prosecuted if he made full and frank disclosure of all hidden assets and tax “errors”. He ended up having to pay HMRC £652m, but that included interest and a 200% penalty. The judge’s sentencing remarks give a full explanation: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/R-v-Ecclestone-sentencing-121023.pdf
Saw today some guy who put steaming state on firestick and sold them had been imprisoned for over 3 years. Moral of the story folks: be a big corp and the police will do all your dirty work for you and defrauding millions from the British tax payer means less than a few quid from major corp revolution is overdue. Net zero is going to put us all in poverty anyway so we may as well go some swinging
That's only a fraction of his collection, the rest is till tucked away. As for Bernie, yeah/nah, Bernie's a top bloke - in an old school east end gangster sort of way. Bernie started from nothing, had nothing handed to him, never asked for anything and can grift and spiv like the best of them in an old east end barra-boy fashion. Bernie never done the whole non dom thing, nor did he do the buggering off to the abroad like all the rock stars and actors did back in the day to avoid massive tax bills. He stayed put and just used clever people to make his money work for him and keep it out of the hands of the tax man. He's never pretended to be anything other than what he is either. You won't see Bernie hiding behind some fake righteous cause , crusade or agenda, or hide in the shadows. He just wanted to be filthy rich through his graft and make sure he kept hold of as much as he could. Anyone that's worked for him will tell you yes he wants blood and you'd better count your fingers after you've shaken his hand, but that said if you have his confidence he'll see you right. Same with Ron Dennis and all that old school. That old Brabhams mafia is tighter than a tight thing, and they don't see their own go hungry. As I said, Bernie, like Ron is old school. They're no robin hood, but there's a proper code they abide by. If you dislike Bernie then you haven't met Tom Hartley who's brokering that collection. He's a truly vile example of his trade and makes jaws look like a benificent dolphin. He's definitely no Simon Kidston when it comes to character, class or demeanour.
No chance, not Bernie, but be prepared for a rock and roll rollercoaster east end gor blimey ripping yarn about a man that can make the krays, peaky blinders and kenneth Noy look like nursery school teachers with his audacity, brilliant superpower to see the next big earner rodney - and downright sheer balls.
