Spanish prosecutors on Tuesday blamed Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo for avoiding 14.7 million Euros in impose through seaward organizations, the most recent footballer to fall foul of financial specialists. The 32-year-old — the world’s most generously compensated competitor as indicated by Forbes magazine — follows in the means of Barcelona forward and Argentina star Lionel Messi, who was discovered liable of a similar offense a year ago in spite of the fact that the aggregates included were professedly littler. Prosecutors blame the Portugal universal for sidestepping charge by means of a shell organization situated in the British Virgin Islands and another in Ireland, known for its low corporate assessment rate. What’s more, they say he just pronounced 11.5 million Euros of Spanish-related salary from 2011 to 2014, while what he really earned amid that time was near 43 million Euros. Lastly, they blame him for “intentionally” declining to incorporate 28.4 million Euros in salary connected to the offer of his picture rights for the 2015 to 2020 period to a Spanish organization.
On the off chance that he too is put on trial and discovered blameworthy, he chances “a fine of no less than 28 million” Euros ($31.3 million) and could conceivably be imprisoned for three-and-a-half years, the Gestha union of specialists at Spain’s Inland Revenue said in an announcement: “The accused took advantage of a company structure created in 2010 to hide income generated in Spain from his image rights from tax authorities, which is a ´voluntary´ and ´conscious´ breach of his fiscal obligations in Spain”. The lawyer said, “It´s a total surprise for the player who feels wronged, which gives me a special responsibility to speak in his name of his feeling of sadness and injustice,” Antonio Lobo Xavier told Portuguese television. “Ronaldo declared his income in relation to his image rights in 2014, which also included the three previous years.”
Ronaldo said, “I know these things will be resolved with the best decision, so I´m fine” .
