By Agency Reporter
Paris Saint-Germain’s striker, Neymar, is Spain’s tax debtor, racking up 34. 6 million euros or $40. 5 million in unpaid taxes.
According to an official document published on Wednesday through the Spanish tax authorities, the Brazilian, as the most sensitive in the list of thousands of names published in that of the Spanish tax administration.
Neymar played for Barcelona from 2013 to 2017 before signing for French club for 222 million euros in the highest play in history.
The Spanish press reported last year that the country’s tax government was prosecuting Neymar for tax evasion since his time at Barca, but this is the first time it has been officially confirmed.
The Spanish tax service did not specify whether Neymar’s presence on the list was related to his transfer to Barcelona in 2013 from Brazilian club Santos, AFP reported.
According to media reports, the Spanish tax government is investigating two of Neymar’s movements, his arrival at Camp Nou from Santos in 2013 and his transfer to the French capital four years later.
Barca said the deal 57. 1 million euros, however, according to the Spanish authorities, the club paid 83. 3 million euros for the striker.
In 2016 he signed a new contract with the Catalans that for a progressive bonus but refused to pay him the remaining 26 million euros in add-ons after his march towards the Parc des Princes.
In June, a Spanish court dismissed the club’s forward’s case and told him to pay 6. 79 million euros to the team, which it claimed to have violated its contract.
Other footballers such as former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar’s former Barca partner Lionel Messi have spoken to the Spanish tax authorities.
In January 2019, Ronaldo, now on the Italian side of Juventus, received a two-year suspended penalty sentence for tax evasion while in Madrid.
The Portuguese striker agreed to pay 18. 8 million euros in late fines and taxes to resolve the case, according to legal sources.
Messi paid a $2 million fine in 2016 in his own tax dispute and received a 21-month suspended penalty sentence.
Reported via AFP
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