US EditionArgentina Football League Suspends Games over Tax Probe Into Football Exec
Argentina's top league halted matches after a tax probe into the AFA chief alleges unpaid taxes of about 19 billion pesos, prompting court actions and a planned club strike.
- On Monday, Argentina's domestic football league suspended its ninth matchday in solidarity with Argentine Football Association chief Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia after a court allowed him to leave the country amid a tax fraud investigation.
- Tax authorities are investigating whether the AFA illegally retained retirement contributions and failed to pay taxes totaling 19 billion pesos, also probing alleged money-laundering in December, sources say.
- Summoned to appear on March 5, Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia requested permission to travel to Barranquilla and a CONMEBOL meeting in Rio; bail of five million pesos was imposed.
- Club leaders called for a work stoppage between March 5 and March 8, while the AFA says it is the victim of a `smear campaign` amid a dispute over organizing Argentina internationals.
- The AFA says President Javier Milei's government is involved, while Milei favours turning clubs into publicly traded sports companies amid general strikes against labour reforms.
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Argentina football league suspends games over tax probe into football exec
Argentina’s domestic football league on Monday suspended its ninth matchday in solidarity with Argentine Football Association (AFA) chief Claudio Tapia, who was given permission to leave the country by a court despite an ongoing tax fraud investigation.
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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On Monday, Argentina authorized the president of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Claudio Tapia, who faces a criminal case with a ban on leaving the country for alleged improper withholding of social security taxes, to travel to Colombia and Brazil.
The judge in the economic penalty Diego Amarante, who last Thursday banned the holder of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, from the country, enabled him today an exception and authorized him to travel to Barranquilla, Colombia, and to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between today and next Saturday. In exchange, he set him a “real course” of $5,000,000 to guarantee his “subjection to the process”. It is encouraging news fo…
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) issued an official statement clarifying its tax situation and confirming the suspension of Matchday 9 of the Professional League and all other categories in response to the complaint filed by ARCA. The conflict arose after a court decision to summon AFA officials, including President Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia and Treasurer Pablo Toviggino, for questioning. In the statement, the institution maintained: “The A…
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