New legal setback could shake up Cristiano Ronaldo. The tax office has launched an investigation into Insparya Hair Medical Clinic, a hair transplant clinic linked to the Portuguese footballer and Georgina Rodriguez, on the grounds that: allegedly Issuance of invoices excluding applicable VAT Provide services to its customers between 2019 and 2021.
These clinics have Georgina Rodriguez As administrators, they believe that hair loss is considered a disease and therefore medical services for diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure should be exempt from VAT.However, the Inland Revenue insists that hair transplants are purely for aesthetic purposes and should therefore be treated as 21% VAT.
Cristiano Ronaldo at Insparia
Tax agency files to which you have exclusive access ‘confidential’, Covering the period from 2019 to 2021, it also involves the corresponding corporate taxes in 2019 and 2020.The company responded to the launch of hearing proceedings saying it was still comply with all current legislation tax, labor, health, regulatory and any other matters.
At issue is the motivation behind the treatment. Insparya insists that the performances are primarily for aesthetic reasons, citing the World Health Organization’s assessment, which defines “androgenic alopecia like a aesthetic conditions. In response, Treasury inspectors reviewed photos of patients to investigate.
Georgina Rodríguez at Insparya
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In addition to VAT, the Ministry of Finance also requires justification for the “deductibility” of expenses related to: “Hotel”, “Catering”, “Travel”as well as clarification of various invoices.