Even Premier League footballers cannot escape life’s two certainties: death and taxes.
The division’s elite are afforded all of the world’s luxuries, yet those eye-watering wages come at a cost in a country where income tax can stretch up to 45%. For the players that incorporate companies to allow the added benefits of that financial jiggery-pokery, The Sunday Times have also taken into consideration corporation tax, dividend tax, capital gains tax and some payroll taxes while devising their estimates for the year of 2025.
