"Koh-Lanta": why Naoil will not touch all of the 100,000 euros: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Friday June 5, 2020, Koh-Lanta, the island of heroes has officially come to an end. The big post winner, Naoil chose Inès to face her against the final jury. A strategy that has paid off for the professional boxer, currently pregnant with her first child. With seven votes to two, the 37-year-old adventurer won the famous check for 100,000 euros. A very nice sum that she will have to submit to taxes, as did the previous winners of the adventure game before her. In 2018, TV Mag had revealed that the gain put into play by the famous program of TF1 was "cut from around 20,000 to 25,000 euros by the public treasury"And this for a very simple reason."In the eyes of French law, this is a job where employees are on fixed-term contracts with a production company", wrote our colleagues.

100,000 taxable euros

"Taxes see earnings from reality TV as taxable work income", explained Me Jérémie Assous in the columns of Paris Match in 2009. Throughout their participation, candidates from Koh Lanta touch a salary estimated at 25 euros gross per day, as well as a confidentiality bonus amounting to 700 euros for a classic season and 2,500 euros for one season "all stars", reported again TV Mag. And to specify: "In the event that the winner wishes to redistribute shares of his winnings to other candidates, the latter must also go through the public treasury box. A donation of this kind must be declared to the tax service by the person who receives it and will be taxed at about 20%. "

During the final bonus, Naoil said that she would use a "Small party"of her reward for having fun and that she intended to save the rest."I'll think about it with my husband. He's the head of the family, so he's going to manage the accounts, he's going to manage all this and he will see what we can do with it in the most useful way possible"said the winner of Koh-Lanta, the island of heroes to Denis Brogniart. One thing is certain, the future mother will be able to welcome her baby boy, whose birth is scheduled for September, without having to worry about the future.

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