Tonight, Lucía Caraballo and Leonor Watling, the two protagonists of the film ‘The Suitcase’, just released in theaters, will go to have fun at ‘El Hormiguero’. A new project for the well-known Madrid actress and singer, who thanks to her extensive artistic career has managed to accumulate considerable assets, as is the case with her professional colleagues such as Maxi Iglesias. But, as he confessed in some interviews, still having trouble managing it and meet their tax obligations.
The actresses arrive at Pablo Motos’ program to present their new film project: The suitcase. A comedy and action film in which Laura, Lucía Caraballo’s character, and Nacho, played by Alejandro Speitzer, find themselves involved in problems when They take someone else’s luggage at the airport and two police officers, played by David Lorente and Leonor Watling, begin to pursue them as jihadists.
A project that for the singer will also help the public escape from problems, even if only momentarily. Among these problems, Watling even commented in an interview for ‘La Revuelta’ about his complications when facing the problems. high tax expenses that artists must pay. A situation that, as she confessed, forced her to request a loan in order to pay the taxes that corresponded to her.
The artist confessed to having difficulties managing her wealth
According to the Tax Agency, the taxation of artists It depends on whether they are employed or self-employed.. In the case of actors born in Spain, they must pay the Personal Income Tax, counting on a reduced withholding thanks to their employment sector and taking into account the withholding generated by the transfer of copyright; and Value Added Tax.
However, the more projects they carry out and the greater their income, the taxes they must pay for them will also increase. An issue that the actress tries to take into account, who even hides part of her money to avoid asking for “loans to pay taxes, and It wouldn’t be the first time this has happened to me.“, he said in the program. Specifically, he confessed that he had hidden 30,000 euros for this purpose.
An issue that especially affects their economy, since, usually, the income that artists receive depends on the projects in which they participate. “This year was good, I worked a lot, I made money,” he confessed, but “then suddenly, the following year you don’t work“. So learning to manage money and avoid unforeseen and dispensable expenses becomes common in the profession.
Watling lives in the Madrid neighborhood of Chueca
Despite this, the actress has an extensive artistic career that has allowed her to be nominated for the Goya, with films such as ‘The Hour of the Brave’ or ‘My Mother Likes Women’. A broad profile that has led her to accumulate a large heritage, among which stands out your home in the central neighborhood of Chueca. Well, despite having trained in London, Leonor Watling has always expressed her love for the city where she grew up: Madrid.
Although the artist is very reserved with her private life, on her social networks it has been possible to see a little of the home she shares with her partner, Jorge Drexler, a singer-songwriter of Uruguayan origin, and with her two children, Luca and Leah. A property with a terrace where you can look out and see one of the areas with the most life and movement in the capital. Something that has allowed him to observe the change in it compared to his childhood.
As he confessed in an interview for “Esquire” magazine, “Madrid is not the same city as a few years ago, not at all, it is completely different.” Although its welcoming character has not changed, both for visitors and for the start of new projects. Among them, the recording of his new film ‘La Maleta’ with Lucía Carballo, which They will present tonight at ‘El Hormiguero’ and that can now be seen in cinemas.