Jimmy Carr and Tax

jimmy carr owes is dad a couple of hundred quid that his dad leant him when he was starting out his career in comedy. his dad has got the hump and gone to the papers. surely thats what parents are for? another non story making headlines.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=250364871

So it appears the was some truth in the ‘he should have donated to the Tories, if he wanted to keep his name out of the press’ story.

From the MSN article

A spokesman for Hadid told the paper she paid 3.5 per cent, not two.

Oh so that’s ok then!

jimmy carr owes is dad a couple of hundred quid that his dad leant him when he was starting out his career in comedy. his dad has got the hump and gone to the papers. surely thats what parents are for? another non story making headlines.

Really? I thought Carr came to comedy from a decent marketing job at Shell/other oil company?