06-12-2013, 10:23 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Leo Messi and his father are reportedly being sued by the Spanish tax authorities for millions of euros in unpaid taxes related to the Barcelona player's image rights.
The paper reports the amount owed as €13 million, though other media has the figure being sought by the authorities as €4 million.
The paper quotes its source as saying the alleged tax dodge "consisted of simulating the assignment of image rights to front companies based in tax havens [Belize, Uruguay] and, at the same time, formalising contracts of licensing, agency or benefit from services between these companies, and other such instruments domiciled in convenient jurisdictions [the UK, Switzerland]. This was done with the intended and successful aim that the incomes would move from countries where the companies or entities were based, to companies domiciled in tax havens, without being submitted to any taxation and, furthermore, with total opacity towards the Spanish Tax Authorities. The beneficiary of these incomes was no other than the person served - Lionel A. Messi."
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http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/14...plaint?cc=5901
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