Football: Unpaid Taxes

(asked on 8th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in total is owed by football clubs playing in the English Football League to HMRC in overdue unpaid taxes.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 11th March 2021

Across the English Football League, including the Championship, League 1 and League 2, the total debt is £110,437,964 excluding VAT which was deferred from spring 2020 and is not due until 31 March 2021. The breakdown by league is:

Championship

£88,897,407

League 1

£16,601,127

League 2

£4,939,428

total debt

£110,437,964

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