Barcelona publication El Periodico reported today (June 12) that the Spanish tax authority served Lionel Messi and his father a legal complaint claiming non payment of taxes. Taxes are a hot issue in Spain with the economic difficulties and the fact the tax man is owed huge sums and nowhere is that more prevalent than La Liga. More after the jump.
There is very little information currently but the tax complaint is apparently around income earned from image rights between 2007-09. The amount outstanding is a set to be just over 4 million euros.
Taxes can become very complicated with a huge number of rules, limitations, exceptions, subclauses and global tax considerations. Presumably Messi would have a professional firm handle his wealth management and taxes and legal counsel so more than anything it will be them going into the books and debating with the Spanish tax authority.
And as expected he does. Messi came out quickly (via Facebook) following the media reports to say “We have just known through the media about the claim filed by the Spanish tax authorities. We are surprised about the news, because we have never committed any infringement. We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advice of our tax consultants, who will take care of clarifying this situation“
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