“Dany Boon, a Pirate of the Caribbean?” title The chained Duck in its issue of Wednesday September 20, 2023. According to our colleagues, the actor of Welcome to the Ch’tis would have carried out operations in order to pay less taxes. “Owner of a 21 meter long yacht, purchased via an offshore company in a tax haven, Dany Boon has just put it up for sale to escape 700,000 euros in VAT”, can we read in this extract on X (ex-Twitter). The native of Armentières would have acquired this boat for the modest sum of 3.5 million euros excluding tax via Ad Illel IBC, an offshore company based in Antigua and Barbuda, a tax haven, which would have allowed it to escape the 20% VAT payment. From his account Instagram, where he has more than 300,000 subscribers, Dany Boon defended himself on Friday September 22, 2023. The least we can say is that this publication may seem unusual. This is a photo of a child’s drawing of a red sailboat, floating on some waves under a sunny sky. “In view of certain aggressive comments which, among other things, even suggest sinking my sailboat (which, incidentally, is not nice at all), I must specify that my sailboat was sold in France in June 2023 and that the VAT was paid in France”, wrote the 57-year-old actor in the caption of this sketch.
Dany Boon: “I pay and I will always pay”
The information from Chained Duck echo a previous video investigation of our colleagues from Mediapart, published on January 23, 2019. As we reported in this article, there was question of certain tax arrangements which Laurence Arné’s companion would have used. Edwy Plenel’s media then maintained that Kad Merad’s accomplice would have invested several million euros in highly speculative funds domiciled in Caribbean tax havens, such as the Cayman Islands or the Bahamas. On his social networks, he also had, wrote a denial by assuring his fans to have “always paid”. He then explained that he was in compliance with what he owed the tax authorities and that these allegations were false. “I pay and will always pay all tax where it is required from me wherever I carry out my professional and artistic activities”, he had written. To be continued. In the meantime, the boat is still for sale, with the price set at 2,150,000 euros, much less than the initial purchase amount.
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