Although the trial does not take place until January, the announcement that the Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp, has been formally accused of cheating the public revenue, wins my Tax Trial of the week award.
Mr Redknapp's alleged offence relates to tax payments due while he was manager of Portsmouth football club. He has been indicted along with the then Chairman of the club, Milan Mandaric.
The allegations specify two sums of money, $145k and $150k (totalling about £180k) allegedly paid by Mr Mandaric between 2002 and 2007, in connection with Redknapp's employment, into a Monaco bank account allegedly opened by Mr Redknapp in order to conceal the monies from HMRC and to evade the payment of taxes thereon.
Both Mr Redknapp and Mr Mandaric deny any wrongdoing.
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