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Tax,
Criminal

Jun. 28, 2017

When disputing a tax bill, should you go ahead and pay?

After soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of criminal tax evasion, some sources suggested that his team would pay the $16.5 million in taxes for him. It now appears that Real Madrid will not pay his tax bill.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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When disputing a tax bill, should you go ahead and pay?
Cristiano Ronaldo captains Portugal during their 1-0 win over Russia, in Moscow, June 21. Ronaldo has effectively hidden in plain sight while the rest of the soccer world gossips, speculates and freaks out about his tax issues and his desire to stay with — or leave — Real Madrid. (New York Times News Service)

No one likes paying taxes. After soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of criminal tax evasion, some sources suggested that his team would pay the $16.5 million in taxes for him. It now appears that Real Madrid will not pay his tax bill. Next, reports said that Ronaldo would pay the taxes to reduce the severity of the charges, and to keep the size of his tax bill and penalties from continuing to grow.

Then, he said he would not p...

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