Tax crackdown on football clubs
December 29th, 2010 by Chris Chadburn. Categories: Tax Briefs
The magazine When Saturday Comes reports that in 2010 HMRC intensified its battle against tax avoiders in football with at least 28 winding up petitions issued to clubs. HMRC refused to provide exact details despite a Freedom of Information request but a spokesman said:
“As a sector football clubs have a long history of not paying their tax debts on time. There is little HMRC can do for a business whose viability is dependent on not paying UK taxes to which they’re liable”.
Interesting article but it’s not exactly tax avoidance. HMRC classify defaulters as won’t pay or can’t pay. Most debts will be PAYE and NI which was never the club’s money and they will be put in the won’t pay box and hammered.
