Bloco de Esquerda (BE) will demand an urgent hearing from the president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to explain suspicions of tax evasion in the contracts that the parliamentary group disclosed on Tuesday.
According to the request, which Lusa had access to, the request is related to the news that “the public ministry will investigate suspicions of tax crimes in connection with the way the FPF paid the salary of Fernando Santos and the technical team of the national team.” men’s football.
According to BE, “the form of payroll was the cause of a €4.5 million tax claim made by the tax office, which felt that with this formula, the coach was trying to avoid paying higher taxes through the tax office.”
Block draws attention to the fact that recently the FPF has not yet disclosed “how much it will pay the new selector.” [o espanhol Roberto Martinez] and refuses to explain what type of contract he will sign with the Spanish coach’s technical team: if he still wants to rent everything in the package, with the company that coordinates the technical team, or if he will sign individual contracts.
This party recalls that “The FPF is a non-profit collective entity of public benefit, established in the form of an association governed by private law, the main purpose of which is to promote, regulate and manage the education and practice of football in all its variants. and competitions, with exclusive competence in Portugal for the organization of national teams of modality”.
Thus, “the public benefit nature of this organization and the importance that the sport is gaining imposes on the FPF an obligation of transparency and rigor.”
“Suspiced tax and social security evaders are contrary to this obligation. For all these reasons, it is necessary to fully clarify the payment mechanisms and contracts signed by the FPF,” he says.
Thus, the Parliamentary Group of the Left Bloc demands to urgently hear the President of the FPF regarding possible tax and social security evasion in the typology of contracts concluded by this entity.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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