Monday, September 14, 2009

Spanish tax rates irk Hoeness

Spanish tax rates irk Hoeness

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness thinks that the law in Spain should be changed to bring tax rates for football players into line with the rest of Europe.

The Bundesliga giants' official thinks that the special rule allowing Primera Division stars to pay just 25 per cent tax gives the league an unfair advantage in the transfer market.

Hoeness also thinks that the average man in the street should be unhappy at having to pay higher taxes than multi-millionaire footballers.

"It cannot be right that the best players in the world playing in Spain only have to pay half the taxes that the rest of Europe have to," he told Sport Bild .

"I am sure that the legislation will end up being changed.

"A worker with an annual income of €50,000 pays 30 per cent tax and is not going to put up with a player that earns €10million paying 25 per cent tax."

While unable to ask Uefa or Fifa to change the law, Hoeness thinks that the European Union can do something about it and feels they should step in.



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