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Cristiano Ronaldo in the dark over tax case

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Posted Friday, May 26, 2017 by Marca.com

Cristiano Ronaldo in the dark over tax case

Cristiano Ronaldo does not have official evidence of the resolution of disciplinary action from Spain's Inland Revenue, for which he will have to pay 16 million euros.

The Real Madrid star has not yet received any notification of the verdict of his tax evasion trial.

Ronaldo's case is similar to those of other players managed by the agent Jorge Mendes, including Diego Costa, Falcao, Filipe Luis and Jackson Martinez. Jose Mourinho was the first of those to find a solution to his situation regarding a similar issue.

Ronaldo's case started in 2003 until 2009, at which point the then-Manchester United player moved to the strategy employed by Carlos Osorio, who was advocated by his agent Mendes. In those years, his legal issues were in the hands of an English firm and Osorio.

During his first four years at Real Madrid, a Spanish company took care of his legal affairs, before he reverted to an English company in 2014. As of 2015, Senn and Ferrero have looked after his interests.

Ronaldo, after what happened to the other players, wanted to resolve his situation and he did so voluntarily. In fact, he has already paid six million euros, but the tax agency have demanded that he pays a total of 16 million euros.

The situation regarding Spain's Inland Revenue have been key in the cases surrounding Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, but for Messi it was the tax agency who started the investigation file against him.

With the voluntary presentation of his situation, Ronaldo could avoid being legally investigated, remaining in the administrative range with a fine, as was how Mourinho succeeded in his case.

On the other hand, Messi's situation was with a 21-month suspended prison sentence after not paying tax on his image rights between 2007 and 2009.

Ronaldo's case is based being examined by a monetary regulator rather than the more commonly practised general regulator. The difference between the two is that the first only examines taxes paid for money earned in Spain, while the latter examines earnings in general, regardless of where they are from.

The investigation into Ronaldo's matters began in 2015 with an Inland Revenue inspection on his different contracts, examining which of his income streams were due for tax to be paid in Spain and which were due for taxing in other countries.



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