Jim Smith 2,290 Posted December 8, 2010 Apologies for not raising this last week but I note that plymouth are now back in court today fighting off admin over £700K of unpaid tax to HMRC and it made me think back to our recently issued accounts. i am sure that in one of the commentaries on here someone raised the point that taxed owed had risen quite considerably? As it appears to me that many of the clubs who havereally hit the wall in recent years have ended up going into admin as a result of demands from the tax man should we be concerned about this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted December 8, 2010 it is not so much demands from the taxman but a club cheating by not paying what is due. this tends to happen when '' hambitious'' clubs over spend and then regard money due to the taxman as a handy overdraft facility.I don''t see us overspending, nor suddenly finding a dramatic drop in our income without a subsequent means of cutting the equivilant out goings.However I normally get my season ticket a bit cheaper by arranging to slip the geezer a few readies, no questions asked, round the back of the club in the car park.So who knows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan1992 0 Posted December 8, 2010 I think it''s probably down to if those sides that go into administration can pay their loans/debts. Norwich have assetts such as Carrow Road and Colney which in extremely bad times, they could be sold. Plymouth may not have such assetts and so they aren''t very ''liquid'' and so any debts they get into can''t be paid very easily. NCFC probably have a high ''liquidity'' rating and so don''t need to worry as much as other sides (Ipswich went into Admin as they didn''t have any way of paying debts, one of these reasons is they dont have a ground they could sell,as it''s already the council''s). This is probably totally wrong, but that''s what I think, so knowbody shoot me down! :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted December 8, 2010 I vaguely remember the arch-villain Doomcaster popping up from his underground lair to announce that we had nothing to fear from the tax-man, before turning into a bat and flying into the black of night.My memory is hazy on these things though, so this may not be what actually happened at the time. For gods sake though nobody look through old threads to find out, you might upset MTV... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Weren''t Plymouth one of the teams who where going to have a stadium build for the World Cup? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 8, 2010 OK ... This maybe a really naive question but, if the club have made a substantial loss and not made a profit for for a good few years, how have they managed to generate a bill for tax in the first place? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 8, 2010 tax isn''t on profit is it?Isn''t it on any income? i presume they have had some income? (sorry if i''m wrong, i''m not an expert :P) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 8, 2010 I think if a loss is generated then no tax is due... There would of course still be the VAT to deal with Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
City penguin 0 Posted December 8, 2010 [quote user="Pigs in Space"]OK ... This maybe a really naive question but, if the club have made a substantial loss and not made a profit for for a good few years, how have they managed to generate a bill for tax in the first place?[/quote]the national insurance contributions must be enormous at a guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devils Advocate. 0 Posted December 8, 2010 I think that a lot of the trouble comes when Clubs fail to pass on National Insurance contributions and Income Tax drawn from the Players and other employees wages. Possibly these sums are used as a source of free loans.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vos 155 Posted December 8, 2010 I would imagine tax due is VAT, Nat Ins + PAYE. In my working days the latter were paid every month. These days judging by the amount owed by football clubs they appear to being treated very leniently. The Inland Revenue seem very reluctant to insist on prompt payment. Why I do not know. Possible answer is that Revenue are so disorganised they do not know where they are !!The reason we are just about keeping afloat is that losses are being covered by substantial upfront season ticket payments (£7 million last accounts) plus land asset sales. It is a big juggling act which cannot go on for ever. At the end of the day they will have to make a profit or someone daft puts more money in to the Club.The big light on the horizon is that Lambert will take us in to the Premiership and we will get a big payment to straighten us out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kdncfc 27 Posted December 8, 2010 [quote user="Gingerpele"]tax isn''t on profit is it?Isn''t it on any income? i presume they have had some income? (sorry if i''m wrong, i''m not an expert :P)[/quote]Tax is only payable on the profit figure not the overall turnover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,341 Posted December 8, 2010 Ah but there are profits, there are accounting profits, then there are taxable profits, then there are prophets of doom like First Wizard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted December 8, 2010 Are you suggesting that 1st Wiz should be taxed ?It could stop him postingA tax relief for the rest of us, perhaps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,239 Posted December 9, 2010 [quote user="kdncfc"][quote user="Gingerpele"]tax isn''t on profit is it?Isn''t it on any income? i presume they have had some income? (sorry if i''m wrong, i''m not an expert :P)[/quote]Tax is only payable on the profit figure not the overall turnover.[/quote]Er, no. Corporation tax is payable on profits.VAT is payable on everything else the club sells regardless of whether the club makes a profit or a loss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Man of Kent 0 Posted December 10, 2010 [quote user="ricardo"][quote user="kdncfc"][quote user="Gingerpele"]tax isn''t on profit is it? Isn''t it on any income? i presume they have had some income? (sorry if i''m wrong, i''m not an expert :P)[/quote]Tax is only payable on the profit figure not the overall turnover.[/quote]Er, no. Corporation tax is payable on profits.VAT is payable on everything else the club sells regardless of whether the club makes a profit or a loss.[/quote]But the club just collects the VAT and passes it on, so it''s not a tax on the sales of the club, it''s a tax on their purchases (to the extent it''s not recoverable) which is paid to HMRC by whoever we buy items from on which VAT is charged. So what you say is a bit misleading I think. The club will have a tax creditor because of the following: - VAT collected and not passed on (less any recovery due)- PAYE/NI collected and not yet passed on- Employers NI contributions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites