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National Revenue Agency targets football players in Bulgaria, again

Tue, Dec 22 2009 14:57 CET

byNick Iliev

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National Revenue Agency targets football players in Bulgaria, again

 
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The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA) was currently investigating about 261 football players from the country’s A Division, Dnevnik daily reported on December 22 2009.
 
The investigation was prompted by revelations emanating from football clubs earlier in 2009 that players were paid and insured against minimum wages. Acting on this information at the time, the NRA discovered a string of irregularities which led to a formal investigation.
 
NRA officers would investigate and document player’s possessions, property and other assets and compare them to the declared income. Should any discrepancies be found, revisions would be implemented.
 
If evidence collected by the agents points to "tax evasion and tax fraud", the Prosecution would be informed, an NRA spokesperson was quoted as saying by Dnevnik.
 
According to initial information, the highest amount of players under investigation are from Sofia, 97 in total, followed by 36 in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Blagoevgrad.
 
Earlier NRA investigation conducted in football clubs from the end of September 2009 and the beginning of October, indicated that about eight million leva went undeclared.

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AnonymousvladimirThu, Jan 28 2010 13:38 CET

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Anonymous K.W. Wed, Dec 23 2009 10:14 CET
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Why not go after both the club owners and the players. They are both guilty of tax evasion. Lie, steal, cheat the Bulgarian way.

Anonymous BG Wed, Dec 23 2009 00:38 CET
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Yeah Martin, you are on the money!!
The clubs are the ones responsible for declaring the correct wages and insuring the employees (players) for the whole amounts paid to them.
The NRA are total idiots!!
Rule #1: reach for the full pocket, not for the empty one... the payers have already spent their money on easy women and new cars, make sure you collect tax before this happens... dumb asses.

Anonymous martin Tue, Dec 22 2009 21:15 CET
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Why are they investigating the footballers and not the clubs who pay their wages.


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