Mady Gio, an adult content creator from Italy, is being “pursued” by Italian revenue officials over an alleged tax evasion amounting to over $1.6 million.
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The 29-year-old model, whose real name is Mădălina Ioana Filip, decided to move to Lugano, Switzerland, to avoid high taxes on the million-dollar earnings from selling her daring photos. In Switzerland, some individuals are taxed at just 0.77% on their income.
“In Italy, unfortunately, the percentage of taxes and contributions is out of the ordinary,” she explained. However, she appeared on Instagram to reveal that Italian revenue officials are forcing her to pay taxes on income that was supposedly undeclared in 2021 – and the amount exceeds 1.5 million euros.
According to the Mail Online, Italian authorities discovered that the earnings she declared were not proportional to her “luxurious” lifestyle.
Sky in Italy reported that the former waitress, who is Romanian, moved to Switzerland in 2022, but the Guardia di Finanza states that “once the specific verification activity was initiated, the founding elements of a real tax residence abroad were considered absent.”
This is because “a bank account and her web domain are all located in Italy,” meaning that even though her residence is in Switzerland, her tax domicile is still located in Cassano Magnago, in the city of Varese, Italy.
Furthermore, according to Sky, investigators stated that “despite the great economic availability demonstrated and the interviews regarding her million-dollar compensations,” Mady only “declared a few tens of thousands of euros” to the tax authorities.
As a result, a request for data and information was made to the digital platform OF, which reported payments of approximately 1.5 million in 2021 and 2022 for the model. Mady said she was furious about the tax evasion accusations.
“I have always paid taxes, both in Italy and in Switzerland. I read newspaper articles accusing me of tax evasion. My right to privacy and, above all, the inviolable principle of innocence until proven guilty have been violated.”
“We will contest every provision. My client relied on professionals who, at this point, will have to answer for any mistakes. She has always acted in accordance with the law,” said Mady’s lawyer, Riccardo Lanza, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
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