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BRUSSELS: Barcelona, Real Madrid and two other Spanish soccer clubs will have to pay millions of euros in back taxes, Europe's top court said on Thursday, in a win for EU competition enforcers in their fight against tax avoidance. The European Commission in its 2016 ruling said that Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna enjoyed a 25per cent tax rate for more than 20 years, giving them an unfair advantage over the 30per cent norm for sports companies. The four clubs, which enjoyed the lower tax rate because they were treated as non-profit organisations instead of professional football clubs with limited liability, were ordered to pay up to 5 million euros (US$6 million) each in back taxes. Barcelona subsequently challenged the EU decision and got the General Court to strike it down in 2019 on the grounds that the EU competition watchdog had not shown to the required legal standard that the measure conferred an advantage on its beneficiaries. The commission … [Read more...] about Barcelona, Real have to pay back taxes, court says in win for EU regulators

A fifth-year senior could become a common term next year in Kentucky high school athletics if a proposed bill passes the state House. It would allow students to repeat a year of school, meaning seniors could come back for another year to compete. Senate Bill 128 unanimously passed the state Senate by a 36-0 vote, and now it moves to the House. The bill is aimed at students in public schools who can use the 2021-22 school session as a supplemental year. They can retake, and supplement, coursework they have already completed. If passed into law, then local school districts would then have discretion to approve or deny requests by the students. If approved, then students can participate in sports and all other Kentucky High School Athletics Association (KHSAA) activities. "Does this bill solve all the problems? No. But it gives an option and it gives a choice ... for those that feel like they could benefit from coming back," Senator Max Wise said, according to the Associated … [Read more...] about Kentucky Prep Athletes Could Get an Extra Year Under Proposed State Bill

An online training session on the examination and monitoring of the elections of deputies to the 15th-tenure National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Committees of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) at all levels are promptly making preparations for the second consultative conferences on the nomination of candidates for the upcoming general elections, following the first ones in February. The elections of deputies to the 15th-tenure National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure are scheduled to take place on May 23, which falls on Sunday. This is an important political event aimed at selecting outstanding and deserving deputies who represent the people’s will, aspirations, and right to mastery in the NA and all-level People’s Councils in the new tenure, which is expected to help build, consolidate, and perfect a law-governed socialist State of the people, by the people, and for the … [Read more...] about Thorough preparations being made to ensure high-quality candidacy for elections

LONDON: Cambridge Analytica, a British communications firm hired by Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said Monday (Mar 19) that it "strongly denies" allegations it inappropriately harvested data on 50 million Facebook users as part of that work. "This Facebook data was not used by Cambridge Analytica as part of the services it provided to the Donald Trump presidential campaign; personality targeted advertising was not carried out for this client either," it said in a statement. The accusations by several British and US media outlets prompted Facebook's shares to plunge on Monday, after the company suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica and officials on both sides of the Atlantic called for investigations. Britain's Information Commissioner's Office, which regulates the sector, announced on Monday that it would be going to court on Tuesday to seek a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's computer servers after it had been uncooperative. According to a joint probe by … [Read more...] about Cambridge Analytica ‘strongly denies’ Facebook data misuse allegations, entrapment of politicians

Chennai : Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Wednesday (March 3, 2021) unveiled the agenda for women's welfare. It said that as announced earlier, the MNM promises to give dignity and recognition to homemakers. It also promised support for single mothers in the party agenda. The MNM stated that hostels will be made in every district for free emergency overnight stay for women in distress. They will also establish a follow-up system on complaints registered with 181 women's helpline. Here are the key points of Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam agenda for women, youth welfare: 50% of WOMEN IN UNIFORM SECTOR: Every uniformed sector in state services should have 50% women representation. PROTECTION FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS: The MNM stated that hostels will be made in every district for free emergency overnight stay for women in distress. They will also establish a follow-up system on complaints registered with … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu assembly election 2021: Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam promises support for single mothers in party agenda