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“I have never been interested in tax matters – added the presenter – I never understood a pipe of these things, probably my mistake was to trust the professionals who dealt with these aspects.”
“I am accused of having eluded the tax authorities, I find it deeply unfair, something that is also a shame for me, it is not my fault.” Here’s what TV host Simona Ventura said in a spontaneous statement before judge Saba, during the Milanese trial in which she is accused of tax evasion for about 500 thousand euros. “I have been working in the entertainment world for 34 years and I have never been interested in tax issues,” explained the presenter, defended by lawyers Jacopo Pensa and Federico Papa. “I have always delegated to professionals – he continued – and I say this not to download them, but because I had faith. I never understood a tube of these things, my mistake was probably trusting the professionals who dealt with these aspects ”.
The accusation
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Simona Ventura at trial, pm: “He stopped paying tax debt”
According to the investigations of the prosecutor Silvia Bonardi, between 2012 and 2015 the driver would have merged part of her income and collected part of the expenses from a company, Ventidue srl, instead of counting everything, both income and expenses, in her statement. of income as a natural person. Hence the accusation of “unfaithful tax return”. At the center of the investigation are the fees related to some contracts, especially signed with TV, on the exploitation of image rights.
The words of Simona Ventura
Ventura clarified that he created the Ventidue company at the end of the 90s because “it was normal in this world to make a company for image rights, it was important to have it because it could also be used in other sectors and I followed the advice of professionals, because it was the practice “. So part of his compensation “was for my staff and a part for the company, I understand that this has created confusion between the staff and the company, but none of the professionals told me.” Ventura explained that he always wanted to “pay all the taxes” and that is why he tried to pay “the above” with a “serious” appraisal, but then he realized that “he could not pay it all, because it was very expensive, I did too debts with banks and mortgages ”. The prosecutor in the last hearing had highlighted, in fact, that the presenter “has stopped paying” the tax debt with a lot of “confiscation” for her “of the benefit of the quota.”
For the defense, Simona Ventura cannot be challenged with any evasion, because for her part there was no malice and, the defenders stressed, the presenter “has nothing to do with this fiscal choice that professionals make.”
