Well-known Spanish ‘youtuber’ Willyrex, who has been living in Andorra for years, owns at least three properties: two large apartments in wealthy areas of Barcelona (Pedralbes and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi) and a share of a store, also in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi. As El Periódico de España of Ibérica Prensa Group found out: The Tax Office bans you from owning them from the end of October 2022 Due to the examination of his personal debts to the treasury.
This means that it cannot You neither sell it, nor rent it, nor give it to someone else’s name.According to different expert sources consulted, until the debts in question are paid (or until we appeal and win).
This newspaper contacted the affected person, whose real name is Guillermo Díaz Ibáñez, Knowing the status of the procedure. Díaz’s representation agency provided his personal email. Díaz responded by leaving the matter in the hands of his lawyer, who simply replied: “The information is not accurate,” he said, without explaining where he disagreed.
The real estate is in the name of a company, Willyrex SL‘He owns one hundred percent of the YouTuber’s capital. Tax Administration Shares in the company were temporarily seized and included locations to prevent it from draining.
“Until 2012, in these cases, your participation in the company could be confiscated, but if you had real estate i can sell them“says Carlos Cruzado, president of the Treasury technicians union (Gestha). “Now the law allows the prevention of disposal of property as long as there is a taxpayer. [la persona que debe dinero] Having control of the company. “It’s done so he doesn’t ejaculate.”.
In any case, sources consulted explain that Willyrex could continue to live if he lived in one of these apartments. But he always made it clear that he lived in Andorra, a country where he had to spend more than 183 days a year. be considered a tax resident and pay less tax than in Spain.
He left because he thought the Spanish types were too tall and made the following claim: I had already paid enough money. “I’ve paid so much tax, the balance I have left with what Spain gave me… I think I’ve paid for three of my life,” he said in an interview on Jordi Wild’s podcast. “My balance is more than paid.”
The Tax Office takes such precautionary measures When it is clear that you owe a debtThe person under investigation has not paid taxes as required and risk of non-payment. This ensures that you will get paid no matter what. Interim measures last a maximum of one year. These penalties are waived if the investigated party voluntarily pays; If they do not do this, they will go to enforcement period.
If the debt has already been resolved, Díaz himself will be the first person interested in removing the burden on properties from the property registry.Something that did not even happen, according to the information obtained by El Periódico de España.
Apartments worth millions
The best apartment owned by the company associated with ‘Youtuber’ and ‘streamer’, Marqués de Mulhacén street, in the neighborhood of Pedralbes. This area is one of the most elite areas of the Catalan capital and is where important figures such as Joan Manuel Serrat or Javier Sardá and, in the past, couples such as Gerard Piqué and Shakira or Iñaki Urdangarín and Infanta Cristina reside. Property of Díaz Ibáñez Third floor of 232 square metersThere are three parking spaces and a storage room. The apartment was purchased in 2021 and according to real estate data platform Fragua by Atlas Real Estate value 2.59 million euros.
Two other features of Willyrex: An apartment and part of a building in Sarrià-Sant GervasiBoth were registered in his name in 2018. The first one on Tavern Street, 103 square meters. When valued at the market price of 4,336 euros per square meter, Approximate market price of around 447,000 euros.
The third asset held by ‘Flama’ is participation of eight hundred nineteen undivided shares of an estate Semi-basement located on the second floor of a building on Descartes Street. Although the real estate is 268 square meters, according to the Cadastre, the construction area is 25 square meters and although it was designed for warehouse purposes, it has residential use.
Example of Willyrex SL and El Rubius
Willyrex SL, the company that owns the apartments under the supervision of the Tax Office, was founded in Madrid in 2012. Díaz opened his YouTube channel in 2009. I was only 16 years old and recorded a video diary before I went to high school.According to what he said in an interview at the time. “I never thought you could make a living from it,” he said. He soon realized that if he took the time and was consistent, make money with it. He started his studies in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and left after a few months to focus on videos. First Name Willyrex comes from Willy (English Guille) and Rex (Latin king).
Willyrex was already one of the ‘youtubers’ when the company was founded The most followed Spaniards on the platform. He declared income of 210,000 euros from the company that year; next, 687,000 euros. He continued to invoice hundreds of thousands of euros in 2014 and 2015 but it reduced profits by significantly increasing personnel costs. He paid a salary of 485 thousand euros in 2014 and 248 thousand euros in 2015.
Even so, in the accounts of both years There is no evidence that they are employees of WIllyrex SL. Until April 2016, Díaz was the sole director of the company; From then on, this position remained in the hands of Ángeles Ibáñez and he stopped declaring income. Dates conflict ‘youtuber’s move’ AndorraThe place he went with his ‘youtuber’ friend Vegetata777, Samuel de Luque. They were the first ‘youtubers’ to leave.
The company in 2018 They have one million euros worth of real estate in their accounts. It has never been deposited with the Trade Registry since that day.
The reasons why the Tax Office is investigating Willyrex are unknown. However, it is worth remembering the precedent of him being a friend and also a ‘youtuber’. El Rubius, who was sentenced to pay 73 thousand euros for fraud. In this case, AEAT argued that he should have invoiced and paid tax as a self-employed person and not through his own company. Snofokk SL Rubius and Willyrex are one of the few major ‘youtubers’ to declare significant income.
Maneuver Billing through a company rather than personally to pay less taxes —It is known that Corporate Tax reaches 25 percent and Personal Income Tax reaches 47 percent in the highest brackets. In recent years, many famous people (actors and television presenters) have been ‘hunted’ by the Treasury by executing them. Even the minister He had to resign after it was published that Máximo Huerta also used such a company.
As Gestha’s president explained to this newspaper, “El Rubius, AEAT, felt that his activity was too personal and he had to pay income tax. You must analyze the society and its conditions. “If it is deemed to make no contribution or if the person is seen to be billing the public at prices that are not market rates, it is considered a shell company.”
In any case, WIllyrex’s debt tax authorities Does not exceed 600,000 euros: Otherwise, it will be included in the list of defaulters published by the organization every year.