Brazilian
football star Neymar is willing to pay a fine of $2.5 million to settle tax
evasion allegations in his country, his lawyer said Friday.
The
25-year-old wants to leave the fight with Brazilian authorities behind him as
he prepares for a new professional life with Paris Saint-Germain after his
record $261 million (222 million euro) transfer buyout from FC Barcelona,
Neymar’s lawyer Marcos Neder told a press conference.
“This
process has stretched on for more than three years and our goal is to move
ahead with the new phase that Neymar has begun,” Neder said.
In September
2015, Brazilian tax authorities seized what was then the equivalent of $55.7
million in Neymar’s assets to cover what they said were unpaid taxes from 2011
to 2013, plus penalties and interest.
The case has
been snaking its way through the courts ever since. Neymar has scored some
victories such as having the amount of seized assets reduced.
However it
is now up to tax authorities to decide whether they accept the amount that
Neymar’s defense team has calculated that he owes.
Neymar also
faces corruption charges in Spain stemming from his transfer to Barcelona from
the Brazilian team Santos in 2013.
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