Unexpected proposal: in Belgium it intends to charge a tax on red cards

In the last few hours, a situation produced in Belgium has caused a stir. It is the work that the Ministry of Finance of that country, an entity that will be in charge of studying the sports sanctions produced within professional soccer matches so that they contribute to taxes, The idea is that each red card pays a tax with the idea of ​​increasing tax collection.

According to information supplied by the newspaper het nieuwsblad, today cWhen a player receives a red card, he must pay a fine of between 1,000 and 500 euros, a figure that is finally paid by the clubs to which they belong.

By this situation, Francisco Adyn, The spokesperson for the Ministry maintained that this situation is a benefit that is given to the athlete and probably it is as if the same thing happens when an employer gives an employee an additional salary improvement.

In this way, the authorities will continue to pay attention to this situation because the 21 clubs that are part of professional football pay fines with a total amount of 513,859 euros, a figure that escapes the tax authorities.

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