The Central Office of the Economy and Finance (oclciff)
recently conducted a raid on the French Ministry of Economy and Finance
The investigation involves
the tax benefits given to
Paris Saint-Germain by the Ministry of Economy and Finance during the transfer of Brazilian striker Neymar
2017 In 2018, Neymar's transfer fee to Paris Saint-Germain was as high as 222 million euros (approximately 1.77 billion yuan). Since then, the price of the "Biard King" in European football has entered the "200 million era." The then French Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Gérald Darmanin, and his cabinet chief may have given Paris Saint-Germain preferential treatment to avoid paying taxes on the transfer fee, violating relevant legal principles.
In his career,
Neymar can be described as "troubled"
Neymar now plays for Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Crescent Football Club and also serves as the captain of the Brazilian national men's football team. He is one of the most valuable stars in the world.
During his time in Paris, Neymar missed 27 games due to various physical and injury reasons, totaling more than 700 days.
In the 2023 summer window (referring to the transfer window period from July to September), Riyadh Crescent signed Neymar for a transfer fee of nearly 100 million euros and a salary of approximately 280 million euros over two years. According to German transfer market statistics, Neymar will only play 5 games for Crescent in October 2023, including 3 league games and 2 AFC Champions League games, scoring a total of 4 goals.
Just in June last year, Neymar was exposed to having cheated on his girlfriend during her pregnancy. He later issued an apology on social media.
Many international stars
were investigated for suspected tax evasion
According to CCTV Finance in 2019, Brazilian media reported that Neymar was suspected of tax evasion and had 36 properties seized by the tax department.
According to news from Folha de Sao Paulo, Neymar was suspected of evading nearly 16 million euros in taxes. When Brazilian authorities investigated the case, they seized 36 of his properties in Brazil. In 2011, 2013 and 2014, in order to invite Neymar to join, Barcelona paid a total of 40 million euros to the company owned by Neymar's father in three installments. The money was ultimately owned by Neymar, and a 17% corporate tax rate was used. , and avoids the 27.7% personal tax rate. According to reports, Neymar must pay a tax of 69 million Brazilian reals, equivalent to nearly 16 million euros, to the Brazilian Ministry of Finance.
According to reference news, on March 19, 2019, the Spanish tax department rejected the plan proposed by Ronaldo’s lawyer to mediate the tax evasion lawsuit.
Previously, Messi and his father were also accused of evading personal income tax of 4.1 million euros from 2007 to 2009 and were sentenced to 21 months and 15 months in prison respectively. In July 2017, they were exempted from prison by paying a fine. disaster.
Data picture: Messi (front) and his father suspected of tax evasion at the court trial in Barcelona (Xinhua News Agency/AFP)
The list of tax evasion stars also includes Casillas, Falcao, Riquelme, and Mas Celano, Di Maria, Neymar, Coentrao, Pepe and so on. In addition, some famous coaches such as Mourinho have also been involved in tax evasion scandals.
(Hangzhou Traffic 918)