La Liga puts strike plan on hold

Spain’s La Liga is to intensify discussions with the government over plans to scrap tax breaks for high-earning players

Spain’s top flight football league has threatened to suspend matches following a government decision to abolish a law that allows international professionals who earn more than €600,000 ($905,000) to pay only 24 per cent tax instead of the 43 per cent charged to local citizens.

La Liga’s general assembly said recent conversations with the government indicated a compromise can be reached

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Spanish League faces strike fears

Players in Spain's La Liga could take strike action over a planned tax hike for its top-earning foreign stars.
The government wants to raise the rate for overseas players earning more than 600,000 euros from 24% to 43% in 2010


The Liga de Futbol Professional (LFP) argues the increase will stop leading players from coming to La Liga. But the government argues that it is promoting "tax equality" in a recession which has seen unemployment levels in Spain approaching 20%.

Its proposal would amend the so-called "Beckham Law", named after the England midfielder and former Real Madrid player. The law was approved in 2002 to make hiring foreign high-earners in all fields easier, and to make Spain more attractive to the specially qualified or skilled.

The new measure, to be implemented on 1 January, will not affect foreign players already in Spain such as Real's Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka or Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi.


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