Minister Şimşek is waiting for the explanation from athletes who do not declare their ‘5.3 billion lira revenues’

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Lerato Khumalo

According to information obtained from the Ministry of AA correspondent, VDK Risk Analysis Center by the analysis work carried out by the radar of the athletes entered the radar.

VDK, in March after the expiry of the income tax return period, including football players, basketball players and volleyball players, including 4 thousand 588 athletes subject to risk analysis.

A comprehensive research was carried out by scanning all the information that will reveal real revenues, including open sources.

In the study, it was found that the athletes who took professional duties in various branches exclude the income of approximately 5.3 billion pounds.

In this context, 310 athletes were invited to explain to the wage revenues they excluded for 2024.

3.7 billion pounds of the risky earnings belonged to football players. Footballers 1.15 billion pounds with the wage income excluded with basketball players watching the remaining part of the other branches of athletes operating in the revenues.

Clubs were informed for foreign athletes

Clubs were informed by taking into account that the foreign athletes on the list will leave Türkiye at the end of the season. In this context, the steps taken by the clubs are important in the notification of the invitation articles and the informing of the athletes. Thus, the athletes whose contract ends are aimed to pay their taxes on their earnings in Türkiye before leaving the country.

In this process, playing in the Super League and the club ended with a contract, a statement on the invitation of the country without leaving the declaration of 70 million pounds paid tax.

“We care about voluntary harmony”

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek pointed out the importance of voluntary harmony in the fight against the outside of the registration, “We have focused on the athletes in our study to tax the winners. he said.