Talk:Trevor Butler

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Contents 1 General comment 2 Tax earnings issue 3 Request this page for Deletion 4 Removed to talk

[edit] General comment

In sequential shows of Big Brother, Australia, Trevor Butler has been seen as one that was ‘under the radar' and of the less active type in his part of the programme. Australia’s public has also shown little interest in Trevor in the year after his Big Brother win.

None of the other winners of Aust Big Brother have done much in the public/entertainment realm either, and under the radar observations have been made about other winners like Ben, series 1, and Peter, series 2. Asa01 01:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tax earnings issue

Should the following included in the page?

There was some controversy regarding how much of his winnings were taken away as tax. At one point the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) considered it to be payment for spending the time in the house, and therefore wanted to take nearly half of the winnings away. The ATO eventually gave in and did not take the money.

I recall this supposed tax rule was mentioned in press releases even during the first season of Big Brother in 2001. Actually I think it was whether being in the house constituted being paid as an entertainer. I seem to recall that the eventual winner of that series Ben was not taxed at the high rate in the event, and got to keep most of the money. If this can all be verified it should be in the Big Brother article but not here. Asa01 03:17, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

I remembered reading about that a while ago, and while searching for a source just now, I found this PDF document: http://www.ntaa.com.au/07_bigbrother.pdf. I won't add it as a cite as it's a PDF, but it's there. —JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 21:03, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Since it is a 1967 precedent it would have applied equally to all seasons of Big Brother and all $$ winners and all the many cars the series has given away over the years. Question of course is what actually happened; was Butler presented with a $470,000 tax bill as that document suggested he might be? Anyone know what the actual ruling was? (Thanks for posting that link BTW) Asa01 05:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request this page for Deletion

This entry should be deleted. It is no longer relevent. Furthermore, Mr Butler is not a citizen of Broken Hill. Secondly, this entry is a vanity entry and does not meet Wiki's notable persons standards.--Jslasher 01:39, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

So being a winner of Big Brother, and also Australia's highest ever prize winner on Big Brother, is non-notable? -- Chuq 02:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed to talk

Following removed to talk. Conjecture better suited to a page on entertainers, tax rules, of Reality TV, but not this page (after all he ain't the only person the below related to) Asa01 19:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

There was some controversy regarding how much of his winnings were taken away as tax. At one point the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) considered it to be payment for spending the time in the house, and therefore wanted to take nearly half of the winnings away. The ATO eventually gave in and did not take the money.