Julien Lepers, fired from “Questions for a Champion” in 2016, has amassed a nice sum of money throughout his career, but has also experienced “problems with the Tax Authority”. The 75-year-old ex-host spoke to Jordan De Luxe…
Did Julien Lepers earn a good living? The former presenter of Questions for a Championwho was removed from the show in 2016, made confidences about his money, while he was recently invited on the set of Jordan De Luxe.
Julien Lepers: what was his salary in Questions for a Champion?
Julien Lepers may well have been ejected from Questions for a Champion as of 2016, he had been running the show since 1988 and was able to enjoy a comfortable salary for years. On the set of At Jordan De Luxethe former host revealed, half-heartedly, the amount of what he received.
While his interlocutor pointed out to him that Samuel Etienne had to win “the same“that he at the time, that is to say between”10,000 and 15,000 euros per month“, Julien Lepers did not deny and even provided a clarification: “Samuel Etienne must divide this sum in two, because from a certain amount, we pay 50% taxes“. According to these explanations, he ended up admitting that he had to earn the net sum of “6000 to 8000 euros“monthly.
“I am a millionaire”: Julien Lepers, cash on his money (and taxes)
But today, is the famous author of the “yes, yes, yes” gimmick a millionaire? Facing Jordan De Luxe, the one who composed several hits for singer Herbert Léonard, For pleasure And Crazy loverssimply replied: “I’m a millionaire in terms of real estate, not cash“. And to specify that he was referring to an amount between “two and three million“of euros.”But I don’t know, I have to have it examined“, he however tempered.
When the time came to discuss the thorny subject of “problems with the tax authorities“, Julien Lepers, now 75 years old, admitted that he had already experienced some problems in the past. “About 25 years ago, they found that I hadn’t declared enough even though I had a tax advisor who was there to do all that for me. In fact, she was the one who made the stupid mistakes, and I had to correct them. It cost me quite a bit“, he detailed before concluding: “I can tell you that the sums I have paid in taxes in a career amount to more than a million euros“.
