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Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr

  • 52 years old
  • English
  • Writer, stand-up comedian and executive producer

Press clippings Page 42

Jimmy Carr: I've made terrible error over tax

Comedian Jimmy Carr says he has "made a terrible error of judgement" over using a tax avoidance scheme.

BBC News, 21st June 2012

Audio: Should Jimmy Carr joke about his taxes?

Comedian Jimmy Carr says he has made a "terrible error of judgement" over using a tax avoidance scheme and has pulled out of it.

Author and PR agent Mark Borkowski believes apologising was the "only thing he could do" and it was a "belated PR scramble".

In tough times, people "will put a microscope" on public figures, he told The Today Programme.

Bruce Dessau of the Evening Standard said it was interesting that Jimmy Carr "listened to the power of social media".

He doesn't think it will ruin his career but it "might hang around a bit".

"If your a satirist you've got to watch your step," he told John Humphrys, and you need to be "whiter than white" about your own tax arrangements.

John Humphrys, Today Programme, 21st June 2012

Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance: Twitter reaction

Jimmy Carr: comedian, satirist, tax avoider. Thanks to The Times, we now know he employs some clever accountants who (legally) minimise the contributions he makes to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The good people of Twitter were not amused...

Graham Hayday, The Guardian, 21st June 2012

Barlow 'Really pissed off that Jimmy Carr's apologised'

Take That star Gary Barlow is reportedly "well pissed-off" that Jimmy Carr has apologised for avoiding tax.

Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 21st June 2012

Profile: Jimmy Carr

Comedian Jimmy Carr has apologised for "a terrible error of judgement" over using a tax avoidance scheme based in Jersey.

BBC News, 21st June 2012

Jimmy Carr's tax deal becomes David Cameron's headache

PM criticises comedian over arrangements, but remains silent on tax avoidance by Gary Barlow and party donors.

Rajeev Syal, The Guardian, 21st June 2012

The top 100 most influential people in comedy 60 - 41

We're reaching the midway point of the Top 100 and already seen some greats of the comedy world put down on the list, today sees Jimmy Carr kick off proceedings...

Tim Clark, Such Small Portions, 20th June 2012

Why Jimmy Carr is rich and I sleep in my living room

Yesterday, because of reading about Jimmy's taxes, I sent my accountant five tax years of numbers and was done with it.

Lewis Schaffer, Giggle Beats, 20th June 2012

David Cameron: Jimmy Carr tax affairs 'not morally right'

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the tax arrangements of comedian Jimmy Carr are "not morally right".

BBC News, 20th June 2012

Satire, hypocrisy and the Jimmy Carr furore

If only Jimmy Carr hadn't done that Barclays bank sketch.

Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 20th June 2012

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