samthegooner wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Monaco are sovereign.
DOH! What about PSG? Are players like Thiago Silva and Ibra paying 75% in taxes?
No, according to the French prime minister, yes according to others, but nobody actually knows yet. The parliament will be consulted in 2014 apparently.
The tax only affects large companies, and funnily enough football clubs are considered to be "small to medium sized" businesses so theoretically the tax doesn't affect their employees.
link (in french): http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/04/02/taxe-a-75-les-clubs-de-football-seront-concernes-dit-matignon_3151713_823448.html
EDIT: Also, the company pays the tax, not the employees, so existing footballer's contracts would be unaffected in terms of net pay for the players until renewal (when the clubs will presumably try to reduce the wage bill if the tax is enforced).
