2023-05-11 12:31:00
2023-05-11
El FC Barcelona He doesn’t have a quiet day. According to The confidentialthe culé team was fined by the Treasury with €15.7 million due to irregularities in payments to players.
These irregularities occurred in the transfer of cars Audi to the members of its squad, in not declaring the payment of charter flights to its footballers and in incorrectly accounting for some indemnities.
in full Negreira caseal Barcelona a file was opened and El Confidencial reports a sanction of 15.7 million following investigation.
The alleged irregularities, according to the information, occurred in the transfer of brand cars Audi to the members of its squad, in not declaring the payment of charter flights to its players and in incorrectly accounting for the compensation they received Arda Turan (1,312,500 euros) and Alex Song (3.5 million euros), following his departure from the club.
– BARCELONA ANSWERS –
The club came out of the information published by The confidential and denies that said amount has been paid.
Also, the Barça points out that it is expected “that the sanction related to Value Added Tax will be annulled shortly, also referring to the tax treatment of payments made to players’ agents”, and asks The confidential a “rectification of information”.
– FULL RELEASE –
FC Barcelona wants to deny the content of the information published today, Thursday, May 11, 2023, by El Confidencial with the following headline: “The Treasury fines Barça 15 million following detecting payments to players with Audi cars and charter flights.”
Specifically, FC Barcelona makes the following assessments and corrections to the published content:
That the Club was inspected for the years 2015/2016 to 2017/2018, the inspection closing in July 2021.
Of the alleged irregularities that El Confidencial talks regarding in its article, none of the issues cited was sanctioned by the Treasury.
The penalties referred to in the article, and which were appealed before the Central Economic Administrative Court, refer to another matter, such as the tax treatment of payments made to players’ agents.
In this regard, Barça wishes to underline that in April 2023 the Central Economic Administrative Court upheld the appeals filed by the Club’s lawyers, annulling the sanctions relating to Personal Income Tax and Non-Individual Income Tax. residents. It is expected that the penalty relating to Value Added Tax will also be annulled shortly, as it also refers to the tax treatment of payments made to players’ agents.
The Club will request the rectification of the information.
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