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Barca doesn't seems to be very confident about the outcome of the dispute between Barca and the tax authorities in regard to the payments made to neymar, his family and companies controlled by Neymar's family. Today they they stated on their website "Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the Club’s reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complementary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830,56 Euros ". It remains to be seen if this complementary declaration will satisfy the Spanish authorities.
The Club denies any tax irregularities in relation to the fiscal obligations arising from the signing of the player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJpuDpd3A4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURsQ1QYi9I
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26267835
With 863 passes, 78% possession and 95% passing accuracy - the stats that tell the story of Bayern Munich's dominance against Arsenal
Interesting discussion in Germany about who should pay the agent commission. German Football clubs fear that a recent court decision might result in tax liabilities up to EUR 150 Mio. from the last years. Tax authorities believe that commission payments to agents should be borne by the player and not the football clubs. FIFA confirms that an agent can only represent one side in a transfer deal, either the player or the club. Usually the agent negotiates the deal/salary on behalf of the player. In this case the club can not deduct the commission payment as cost because it is a payment on behalf of the player for services rendered to him. Further, the club is not able to claim the VAT. In the worse case scenario, clubs will be confronted with additional social security and tax payments due to the fact that such commission payments should have been made from taxable income of the player. Source: http://fussball-geld.de/bfh-spielervermittler-arbeiten-nicht-fuer-vereine/
Fussball Geld: Gehälter der Bundesliga, Spieler, Trainer und alles was mit Fussball und Geld zu tun hat
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26174252
Why are players lying about their ages in world football - especially in Africa - and what can be done about it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26143796
Tim Samuels goes in search of the footballing fanatics who may one day play for India.