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The Italian government decided not to extend the tax exemption measures that foreign players in Italian clubs benefit from.
These players benefited from a procedure that also applies to many specialized workers who are university graduates, allowing only half of their total income to be subject to tax during the first five years of their work in Italy.
The president of the Italian Footballers’ Association, Umberto Calcagno, said in a statement the day after the government’s decision that the previous advantage “has punished the entire national football movement. Finally, as of the first of next month, Italian and foreign footballers will be in the same situation.”
The ANSA news agency indicated that the Italian League expressed its concern about the measure, which it said would have “a result that is completely opposite to the desired result: less competitiveness for the teams, leading to less income, less resources for young people, and less income for the tax authorities.”
Source: Sky News