Club Tirana, 4.2 million euros in debt to players

2024-08-01 16:04:00, Aktualitet CNA

Club Tirana, 4.2 million euros in debt to players

Refik Halili

The Tirana Football Club and its President, Refik Halili, have ended up in court, accused of concealing income.

The Prosecutor's Office of Tirana announced this Thursday that there are suspicions that around 52 million lek of income have been hidden over the course of two football seasons, as well as the social and health insurance payrolls of the players have not been declared.

Journalist Arsen Rusta revealed details from the investigation file, where it is said that in addition to fiscal evasion, the Tirana club has a high debt to the players.

In the investigative file, it is stated that the debt amounts to 4.2 million euros.

"The whole amount, including taxes, electricity, water supply, footballers' payments, lost trials, with approximately the debt in total is a significant value of 4.2 million euros. For this amount that he declared, he has the court decisions as well as the bailiffs' letters, which were blocked when he was appointed administrator in 2015. Question: From the results of the Control Report carried out by the Regional Directorate of Tirana held on 08.06.2018, as well as from the Act-Accounting Expertise, it was found that for the period 2013-2016 the value of concealment of profit tax income is 22,494,101 lek, he replied that he took the Tirana Football Club into administration in May 2015, and for the previous years the persons who were previously administrators from the Municipality of Tirana are responsible. The answer to the question from the answers received from the Albanian Football Federation showed that for the 2014-2015 football season, 29 football players were federated and for the 2015-2016 season, 26 football players were federated. From the conclusion of the act-expertise, it results that no football player has been declared to the tax body, where for the period 2014-2016 the total value of obligations for social and health insurance contributions results in the value of 29,481,644 ALL, the reasons why football players have not been declared to the body tax", it is stated, among other things, in the file./ CNA