Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti will be tried next week on accusation of fraud, whereby the public prosecutor claims that he avoided taxes on the melody of more than a million euros. The Italian manager has denied misconduct and is expected to fight the alleged charges.
The prosecution has argued that Ancelotti intentionally informed the tax office incorrectly to prevent a total of € 1.062 million in income tax in 2014 and 2015, according to the sport, intentionally. The Public Prosecution Service has requested a prison sentence of four years in prison. Ancelotti has admitted that he did not pay sufficient taxes in 2014, but due to mispractices from his accountants, but denied a misconduct in 2015 and claims that he was not in Spain for the required 183 days of the year to pay tax in Spain.
The case against him, however, ensures that because he has not obtained any income for his work as a manager of another club until 2016, when he came to Bayern Munich, making his most important source of income from Real Madrid.
“This is an old story. The office of the public prosecutor believes that I lived in 2015, and I believe I wasn't. The fine was paid and the case is in the hands of my lawyers. I am convinced that I am innocent. Let's see what the judge concludes,” Ancelotti has commented earlier.
The test date was determined on Wednesday on the second April, the day after Ancelotti Real Madrid will lead in the return leg of their Copa del Rey Semi-final against Real Sociedad. It is hardly any ideal preparation for Ancelotti, although he seems to be relaxed about the issue. This is the latter in a number of controversial tax issues that have been aimed by the Spanish tax office, including against Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. In most cases, the tax office has reached a settlement, in which none of them is confronted with prison sentence – although Xabi Alonso fights the conviction and was acquitted of misconduct.
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