Yes, I Know They're Both Rich, But.........

[Ken4155]

Harry Potter author JK Rowling (Approx wealth $1 billion)has donated £15m to research in Multiple Sclerosis. Her mother, Anne, died from the condition and, back in 2010, the author set up a specialist MS centre in Edinburgh, in her name - the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic. What a woman.
Meanwhile, Ex Machester City star Vincent Kompany (Approx wealth £36.5m), having already raised £300,000 for the homeless people of Manchester, donated the match receipts from his testimonial last night to the same project. There were over 51,000 in attendance and the receipts were said to be just over £1m. What a man.
Both came from humble beginnings and, it would appear, have not forgotten that fact.

[Zacs-Master]

What's the 'but'?

[Bobbisox1]

Likewise Simon Cowell ( not sure if he humble beginnings) he not so much donates but takes huge chunks of his cash and pays for young peoples operations like the girl in the Liverpool dance troupe and a small child up here in the North, same as the late great George Michael, all done privately

[10ClarionSt]

As with Peter Crouch, who paid for a young girl to have a major operation in the USA. Juan Mata donates a percentage of his salary to charity.

[woofgang]

is there a question here?

[Ken4155]

The 'but' is there to pre-empt those who may say, "They're so rich they'll hardly notice the amount they've given."
No, woofgang. There is no question, just a topic for discussion. Have you never begun a thread without posing a question?

[hc4361]

A lot of very wealthy people donate to charity to reduce their tax bill. Good for the charity, not so good for in the Inland Revenue

[Zacs-Master]

The 'but' is there to pre-empt those who may say, "They're so rich they'll hardly notice the amount they've given."

Early days but I don't see anyone saying that. Quite the opposite.

[Baldric]

Woofgang @ 1230, it's in Chatterbank, why does it need a question.

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[Baldric]

And yes, very generous gestures from those mentioned above.

[CrapAtCryptics]

Probably writing it all off against their tax bills.

[Ken4155]

Zacs-Master; There may have been one or two tempted but may have been put off by the pre-emptive nature of my OP:-)

[Ken4155]

^^
Spoke too soon:-//

[Zacs-Master]

Would you rather them pay more tax than help charities and people with severe medical problems, CAC?

[Mozz71]

So much cynicism from some folk here. Is it really that hard to say, "That's good of him/her. Nice one"?

[Mamyalynne]

I'd love to be wealthy enough to donate on a large scale, so I applaud all those that can and do.

[Denton]

Niall Quinn at Sunderland started this trend among footballers.

[Zacs-Master]

'So much cynicism from some folk here. Is it really that hard to say, "That's good of him/her. Nice one"?'

So much???

[fiction-factory]

>Probably writing it all off against their tax bills

I can't see how that could apply in the Kompany testimonial case. But besides that, if you give £1m to charity you don't avoid £1m of tax it's just that you may be able to claim some relief so it would cost you less than a million, but even so it's costing a significant sum

[Mozz71]

//So much???//

By "some folk here".

There's always one or two who tries to detract from the gestures by bringing up tax reductions etc.

[Zacs-Master]

I don't equate one or two with 'so much'.