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
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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.
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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