there will be no tax breaks until all clubs are compliant I guess
Garry Doyle in the Mirror has an interesting interview with Alan Mathews calling for tax breaks for clubs, Norwegian-style. Summarised here
there will be no tax breaks until all clubs are compliant I guess
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
Particularly enjoyed quote from anonymous eircom League club chairman - 'Without being too unkind, Irish soccer has not attracted the brightest brains in the country over the last few years.
Who is he talking about?
Idiot. he's advocating paying the players more!?! Only pay what you can afford (including tax) and then build from there.
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There's no reason why we can't get tax breaks. If the superrich (Like U2) can get tax breaks for plying their artistic trade why shouldn't football clubs get taxbreaks for their contribution to irish culture?
Madness.
If clubs get their act together and pay their tax on time and in full, then they may be able to make the case for tax breaks more forcefully. We've had 3 winding up orders by the revenue against 2 of the league's most prominent clubs this year so far so this probably isn't the time to do that.
As things stand tax breaks would probably just mean the clubs blow even more money on the same players. Better for the moment to direct money towards capital expenditure I think, as the clubs will just blow any cash they receive that'll enable them to increase their budgets. Having said that, the funding coming into the game is still woefully inadequate.
Better to start with making sure every players gets a payslip and all other relevant tax documents and making sure all these are accurate.
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"Surely some sort of incentive could be made available for club and players to get a tax break if, for example, they combined their football career with an education course,” he said."
I could have sworn that UCD don't have to pay PRSI on the wages of the scholarship students.
BFC has a link-up starting with DCU.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
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