he Perceived advertising revenues in 2013, through an English society
The Tax Agency also acts against the only big star of Real Madrid, which until now had been spared of his great raid, a prosecutor in the world of football. The treasury requires to Gareth Bale 337.000 euros for having defrauded tax on his image rights through an English company.
The Treasury believes that the welsh had to pay tax in Spain on their business income during the financial year 2013, in which he signed for Real Madrid from Tottenham. For this reason attributed to a tax fraud of euro 200,000 which, together with a penalty of 100,000 euros and a few interests of 37,000, make up a deed tax, which, according to has been able to prove to THE WORLD through sources close to the inspection, has been notified recently and has already been appealed.
In the dossier attorney of Bale, who has only been inspected by revenue in 2013, the issue lies in the advertising revenue earned through your society Primesure Limited, domiciled in London, and that the Real Madrid player had established since 2007.
In the case of the international welsh, the Treasury, in spite of to consider Bale as a non-resident in Spain for tax in that financial year, estimated that he had to pay tax in our country the rights that generated wearing the white t-shirt and for those who wants a 19% tax. Unlike what happened with other players of the first template, and in spite of the amount evaded, which far exceeds the threshold of € 120,000, the Treasury does not warn in this case evidence of tax crime. Especially when Bale stated income investigated a year later, in the year 2014. For this reason, he argues in his appeal that already paid such taxes and that even the Treasury should return a part.
Other players of Real Madrid
The case of Bale is the last operation of the Treasury against a Real Madrid player. Whenever way recent, as revealed by this newspaper, two of the great stars of the club, the Croatian Luka Modric and brazilian Marcelo, have closed agreements in accordance with the Treasury admitting prison sentences for tax offences.
In the case of the former, just declare guilty of two tax crimes and has assumed a fraud 870.728 euros, having gained his image rights using a holding company in luxembourg. With the penalty and interest, the Golden Ball of the last World of Russia has had to pay 1.4 million euros for the criminal proceedings.
But, in addition, has had to fork out another 1.2 for not having paid in full their image rights in Spain during the 2012 season, in which she landed in Madrid from, like Bale, Tottenham English. For its part, the brazilian side Marcelo has agreed to pay 753.000 euro to the Treasury, and has recognized a sentence of four months imprisonment for the commission of a tax offence. To this list we must add, among others, the French Karim Benzema, who solventó his problems with the Treasury with the payment of half a million euros, or Sergio Ramos who did the same with just 100,000 euros.
The relationship of services is completed by former team-mates at Real Madrid as James Rodriguez, who has managed that the Treasury will withdraw the charge of fraud and has resolved its case with a regularization of four million euros; Carvalho, who paid a million euros for two tax crimes; Di Maria, spent two million euros, and admitted to a year in jail; Ozil, who made front to 2.8 million; and the most important of all, Cristiano Ronaldo, who paid 18.8 million and recognized a sentence of two years in prison.
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