Guardian Sport Network | The tax man cometh … are Rangers and Portsmouth the tip of an iceberg?
What is HMRC's track record over time in pursuing football clubs owing a debt?There can be no doubt that the abbreviation HMRC is one that has hit pretty well every football fan's radar screen recently. There have been the two big administrations at Po...
HMRC denies making an example of Rangers
• Whyte criticised HMRC, calling it 'inflexible'• Staff promised they will be paid as scheduledHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs has denied any suggestion it has treated Rangers harshly over tax issues. The club have been plunged into administratio...
Taxman does not want to see Rangers shut down, say administrators
• 'HMRC wants to work with us to make sure Rangers survive'• Administrators seek to clarify position after talks with HMRCRangers' administrators have stressed Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has no wish to see the Ibrox club shut down.Rangers we...
Alex Salmond: Celtic cannot prosper without Rangers – video
In an interview with Al-Jazeera's Sir David Frost, the Scottish first minister has urged HMRC to get a settlement with Glasgow Rangers
Sir David Murray ‘hugely disappointed’ by Rangers administration
• Former owner issues veiled criticism of Craig Whyte• HMRC action was triggered by VAT and PAYE billSir David Murray, the former owner of Rangers, has expressed surprise after the club's slide into administration was confirmed, with the Scottish P...
Harry Redknapp can face down the taxman, but most workers cannot | Phillip Inman
Without independent reviews or access to tax records, people can easily have their lives wrecked by a wrongful HMRC probeHarry Redknapp's accuser, HMRC, is on a mission to tackle tax evasion and its more slippery cousin, tax avoidance. After years as a...
The Redknapp affair: City limits | Editorial
The City of London police and HMRC will be red-faced at their failure to make a charge of relatively small-scale evasion stickEconomic crime is never easy to prove in court: tracking down evidence clear enough, and persuasive enough, to convince a lay ...
Without will of the fans some football clubs would just fade away | David Lacey
The capacity of clubs such as Portsmouth to carry on in apparently hopeless positions is one of the game's phenomenaIn football perspectives have obviously changed. There was a time when the merest hint of a famous old club threatened with extinction w...
Tax office ‘investigating Premier League footballers’ perks’
Reports say Revenue has asked clubs for details of any free holidays, luxury accommodation and giftsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is investigating Premier League footballers and their clubs over alleged "secret perks" enjoyed by players and their f...
Pompey’s Freefall to Continue?
Recently relegated Portsmouth's troubles are not over. Far from it. They may have just begun. As someone who has followed the whole sordid affair since the first signs of trouble in the summer of 2008, I can tell you it's difficult to type that sentence. The fire sale that began with Sulley Muntari in July...
Rangers’ case sounds tax warning football clubs would do well to heed | David Conn