The world of football has recently been shaken by “Football Leaks”: a website that reveals transfer fees, wages and contract information about notable footballers. For example,Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho have avoided paying tax on millions of dollars of earnings by channelling money abroad, according to claims based on a huge document leak.The allegations are said to be based on two terrabytes of leaked information which include original contracts, tyhough the two have denied the claims.
Tax avoidance racket [The Morning Call]
The in-depth story focuses today on the question of tax avoidance.