The mild weather was certainly not the only strong argument. “It’s a country where we don’t pay taxes, where there is a secure environment, where everything is clean, where there is an excellent quality of life. It’s so easy to train,” Thomas Detry explains.
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The tax argument is clearly limited as far as it is concerned since for each prize money won, it is taxed at source. For the money earned on the tour in the United States, he pays a tax of 37%. He therefore does not fall into the category of tax evaders. “All my money is easily traceable. I have nothing to hide,” he tells us. According to him, the Dubai authorities are much more careful than before about the origin of funds. He himself had to give explanations about the money which was used to finance the purchase of his apartment.
The counterpart of all the advantages of Dubai is that the cost of living is “higher especially if you want comfort”. But that doesn’t stop Thomas Detry from seeing “only positives in Dubai. The only negative point is the climate in summer
