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HMRC opens tax investigations into 270 footballers in a year as crackdown on sport intensifies

HMRC has opened tax investigations into 270 professional football players in the past year, more than treble the 93 investigations opened in the previous year.

by | 23 Aug, 2022

The figures mean that one in every 12 professional footballers in the UK* had enquiries opened into their tax affairs by HMRC last year as its crackdown on the sport continues.

HMRC’s key focus in the football industry is the payment of taxes on agents’ fees.

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