{"id":295924,"date":"2023-11-03T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295924"},"modified":"2023-11-03T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:24:37","slug":"ronaldos-transplant-clinics-are-probed-by-spanish-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/ronaldos-transplant-clinics-are-probed-by-spanish-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo&apos;s transplant clinics are &apos;probed by Spanish authorities&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s hair transplant clinics are &#8216;under investigation by Spanish authorities after they failed to pay VAT&#8217; &#8211; but they &#8216;claim they are exempt as they are offering a medical service&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo has a large business empire alongside his footballing career<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>However, the hair transplant clinics he co-owns are under investigation over VAT\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The hair transplant clinics that Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0co-owns are reportedly under investigation by authorities over tax issues.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Nassr and Portugal star Ronaldo &#8211; who earns a whopping \u00a3173million-a-year &#8211; has diversified his income by investing in several business interests throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Forbes estimated his net worth in 2023 was $500m (\u00a3409m), but according to Spanish outlet Sport, Ronaldo could be in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old owns several Insparya Medical Clinic hair transplant clinics, but these are being probed by The Tax Agency in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims they have opened a file against the hair transplant clinics after they issued several invoices without VAT to hundreds of clients between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360387-12706577-image-a-38_1699010517906.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The hair transplant clinics that Cristiano Ronaldo co-owns are reportedly under investigation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360525-12706577-image-a-40_1699010531841.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo co-owns several of these clinics but they failed to charge VAT to several clients\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The business claim in defence that alopecia &#8216;is a disease&#8217; and therefore &#8216;medical services of diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure&#8217; are exempt from VAT.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Treasury in Spain have reportedly been claiming that instead transplants are &#8216;purely for aesthetic purposes&#8217; and therefore their prices must include VAT, which is currently 21 per cent in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Tax investigators have inspected bank statements, cash payments and an anonymised list of payments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The file for the probe was opened in February 2022 with the hearing process beginning in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The clinics have handed responsibility over the process to lawyers but insist they have compiled with all legislation and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The report goes onto claim investigators have been attempting to highlight how these treatments are for &#8216;purely aesthetic&#8217; purposes.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, they appeared at the company&#8217;s offices in Madrid to inspect photos taken of clients at different stages of the transplant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/11\/77360483-12706577-image-a-41_1699010611380.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s company claim they are offering a medical service and are exempt from VAT<\/p>\n<p>The Tax Agency also asked the company to justify various expenses they had deducted in relation to hotels, meals and trips, along with those invoices without VAT.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Insparya delivered a report from the World Health Organisation and an opinion of a doctor who specializes in dermatology in response.<\/p>\n<p>In this, they insisted alopecia is a disease and that a transplant is a necessary &#8216;medical treatment&#8217;, thereby explaining the non-charge of VAT.<\/p>\n<p>The report said: &#8216;It is not questionable that the treatment of the disease of alopecia leads to an aesthetic improvement in a large part of the patients subjected to said treatment, but the objective of this treatment is not only aesthetic, but also medical, such as the placement of a prosthesis to a patient who has lost a limb.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12706577\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-hair-transplant-Spanish-VAT.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s hair transplant clinics are &#8216;under investigation by Spanish authorities after they failed to pay VAT&#8217; 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