Bayern Munich Head Reports Self for Tax Evasion

Uli Hoeness is the president of Bayern Munich. Who? Well, if you asked a resident of Bavaria this question, you’d get shocked looks–the same as you would get from a New Yorker asking about the Yankees. Bayern Munich is a soccer team in Munich. They’re very successful and already have clinched this year’s bundesliga. This New York Times story notes that the club just won their 13th straight game.

OK, I’m not a soccer fan. However, I am interested in cases of tax evasion and here’s one possible such case. Mr. Hoeness apparently has an issue with a Swiss bank account. Mr. Hoeness filed an amended tax return; the public prosecutor’s office is checking to make sure that the amended return is accurate. If the amended return is accurate, the penalties in Germany for filing the first ‘bad’ return can be lessened.

This is similar to US tax law in that the IRS (and Department of Justice) almost always take a much harder line on individuals that the government finds that have cheated on their taxes than on individuals who have voluntarily come forward.

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