How football clubs are cashing in on R&D tax relief
Football's biggest financial stories are usually easy to spot: £100 million transfers, record wages, broadcasting deals and billionaire owners.
But there is another part of the industry's finances that gets far less attention: tax relief.
Recent reporting has highlighted that 28 top-flight British sports clubs, including Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, have claimed more than £13 million in Research and Development tax relief. The figures raise an awkward question for a scheme intended to encourage scientific and technological i... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
