Taxing tour for West Indies players

Not only the opposition has been battering the West Indies, but the tax man has hit them hard in Australia and New Zealand as well.

It is understood that on the morning of their match against South Africa last week, members of the entire squad received their pay slip in Sydney with the news that 32.5% of their earnings made from the cricket World Cup would be deducted in taxes to the Australian government.

Normally the West Indies cricketers are exempted from paying taxes but under Australian laws, they won’t get away with it and have to pay for the duration of the ICC World Cup.

But what has been startling is that the taxes are also touching monies earned from their retainer contracts with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the period that they are involved in this tournament.