The 29-year-old content creator, interviewed by Gaston Zama of Le Iene, discusses her tax situation after the Financial Police investigation
“I live in Switzerland, I don't understand why I should pay taxes in Italy.” Mady Gio, stage name of Onlyfans content creator Madalina Ioana Filip, explains via video link from Mexico to correspondent of The Hyenas How Gaston Zama reacted to the Financial Police investigation against him. According to the army, the 29-year-old evaded contributions on around 1.5 million euros in revenue from subscriptions and content sold on the adult entertainment platform. The undeclared income would refer to the years 2021 and 2022. To avoid taxes, Mady Gio would have fictitiously moved her residence to Switzerland, where she benefited from a more favorable tax regime. But the content creator explains that the change of residence follows her actual move to the Swiss country.
Mady Gio: residence, taxes, boyfriend in Switzerland
“At the beginning of 2022, I am moving to Switzerland as a globalist, which means that my accountant negotiates with the Swiss state an annual lump sum in which you pay a fixed tax up to a certain amount of the money that you win,” he said. explain to The Hyenaswho had already interviewed her two years ago from her home in Switzerland. According to what is being said today, the creator would have agreed with the Swiss tax authorities on a flat-rate income tax of 460 thousand per year, against a forecast of 2 million euros in income. “In my case, even if I didn't earn anything over the next few months, I would still have to pay this money,” he adds, “and I paid it, in Switzerland, every year. I live here, I don't understand why I have to give them to Italy.” Zama reminds him that according to the investigation by the Financial Police, which in recent months has focused the spotlight on the income of dozens of content creators and of digital entrepreneurs, “your move to Switzerland was a joke”, to pay less taxes while continuing to live in Italy “But that’s not the case”, replies the young Varèse of Romanian origin. “also because you too, Ienes, came to visit me last year and saw the house. In other words, it would make no sense to buy a house like that and pretend to live there. It would be a waste of money, it’s not.” While admitting that she initially moved for tax reasons, she assures: “I am also in love with Switzerland, also because I am with a Ticino.” And she adds: “I am calm because I know that I am doing the right things and that I have never done anything wrong. However, I would like to say that if there were any mistakes, no problem, you pay for everything.”
