Andres Iniesta has come to light of the information that points to the claim, by the tax authorities of Japan, 3.5 million euros for irregularities in their income tax returns during their stay in the country.
The hero of the final 2010 World Cupthrough a statement, assures that the underlying debate “centers on my tax residence for the year 2018, in which semester, as is known, I changed my residence to Japan after signing for the Vissel Kobe“. The man from La Mancha presented the 2018 declaration in Spain, “in accordance with the applicable internal regulations.”
Subsequently, in 2021 and 2022, an inspection was opened in Japan that concluded “considering that he was a Japanese tax resident for part of 2018. The debt of this inspection was indeed satisfied too,” the footballer emphasizes in his statement.
After the income of said period had suffered “an evident and burdensome double taxation”Iniesta requested the so-called “friendly procedure provided for in the Double Taxation Agreement between Spain and Japan.” A procedure that is ongoing, pending resolution so that “Can you refund the excess taxes? paid”. As a result of all this, Iniesta demands “respect and caution in light of the published information”, emphasizing that “I have always acted and will act in accordance with the law and current regulations”.
According to unspecified sources cited by the state broadcaster NHK, the Osaka Regional Tax Office, under whose jurisdiction the city of Kobe is located, would have determined that Iniesta left around 860 million yen (about 5.2 million euros) undeclared. for his contractual fees with Vissel Kobe, to which he belonged between July 2018 and the same month last year.
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In addition to Iniesta, two other footballers are in a similar situation. They are the South Korean Kim Jin-hyeon (36), goalkeeper of Cereza Osaka, who would have left 700 million yen (4.2 million euros) undeclared, and the Brazilian forward Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira, ‘Patric’ (36), who currently plays for Nagoya Grampus and would not have declared some 600 million yen (3.6 million euros).
2024-03-22 18:15:06
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