Carlo Ancelotti have explained in court that He never intended to deceive the Spanish tax authorities And that neither the club nor his advisers warned him that there was something wrong in the taxation of his contract.
The Madrid Province Court began the trial against the football coach on Wednesday, for which The Prosecutor’s Office requests four years and nine months in prisonaccused him of fraud the Treasury of just over one million euros.
Specifically he is accused of having Fraud The Public Tax Chamber of 1,062 079 euros during the 2014 financial year (386 361 euros) and 2015 (675 718 euros) during the first step where he trained Real Madrid.
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses the Italian coach of two crimes against the Treasury because, despite his status as a resident of Spain for tax purposes and his address in the capital, he only recorded His income tax return for personal work obtained from Real Madrid and omitted the execution of their image rights, “Which, fictional, he thought he had waived other units.”
According to Ancelotti, it was Real Madrid who suggested him to collect part of his salary in the form of a transfer of 50% of his image rightsand he always believed that this transfer “Was to receive the salary he had negotiated,” of six million net.
Ancelotti claims he was not aware of something wrong
Ancelotti’s defense hangs on his claim that he was not aware of anything wrong and that He relied on the advice of Real Madrid and his adviser. He claims he believed that the payment structure was legitimate and that he did not intend to avoid taxes.
The prosecutor claims that Ancelotti deliberately hides income related to his image rights by claiming that he has given them to other units. They claim that this was a fictitious arrangement designed to avoid taxes.
If he became guilty, Ancelotti may receive a prison sentence of up to four years and nine months. He could also be fined by a significant amount of money. The trial is a serious issue for Ancelotti, and his career can be at stake.
