Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid coach, faces a prison sentence of 4 years and 9 months for alleged tax fraud. The prosecutor’s office, based on the tax inspection report, alleges the creation of a “corporate structure” to which the coach would have transferred his image rights in order not to declare them in Spain.
Will he plead his case as Xabi Alonso did, successfully? Will you jump through hoops as so many have done in the face of the threat of jail?
Those of us who are familiar with the “creativity” of the Tax Agency in the preparation of its reports, which often surpasses that of taxpayers with greater fraudulent skill, know that tax debts cannot be subject to imprisonment. Since Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” in the 18th century, imprisonment for debts has been censured, and remains in force today only for tax debts.
The following question could be asked: if the variable remuneration of these officials were to be removed with respect to the cases handled by the criminal jurisdiction. Would so many cases be referred to the prosecutor’s office?