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HMRC reportedly overestimated Rangers' tax bill by 'up to £50 million', according to reports. The Times are reporting that the 'multi-million pound blunder' was far higher than Rangers' actual tax bill of around £20 million between 2001 and 2010, when the Ibrox club were using an off-shore trust to pay Rangers players and staff. HMRC has reportedly acknowledged that it claimed for too much and up to £50 million pounds could be wiped from the old operating company's tax bill. And former Rangers chairman John McClelland has told the newspaper that the miscalculated tax bill warded off potential investors, which ultimately led to liquidation in 2012. McClelland said: "At the time of the sale of the club in 2011, had the tax claim been at the level now being reported then, the outcome would have been different. "I believe there would certainly have been a much higher level of interest in acquiring it and therefore more potential buyers." The Times are also reporting that a £24 million penalty charge against 'oldco' Rangers has been wiped out, a further £2 million has been erased after "certain parts were agreed to have been overstated" and the report also claims that "there may be a further reduction in the pipeline". https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/18034919.hmrc-overestimated-rangers-tax-bill-by-50-million/

HMRC’s oppression of Rangers FC Posted by footballtaxhavens ⋅ November 22, 2012 https://footballtaxhavens.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/hmrcs-oppression-of-rangers-fc/

I believe SG will be here for a wee while yet especially if we win the league and the board continue to back him, SG loves Rangers and his desire to get us back to the top is obvious!. Right now SG probably couldn't get a better job than he has, IMO.

The manager has already stated the Kamara is being sought after as he has a list of the teams who are showing an interest in him, and other players. I like Kamara and am always slightly miffed when he is left out of the team, however due to our European exposure and performances all our players will getting watched with interest from teams, so it is pretty normal that teams will be interested due to that success and Kamara is also doing well for Finland, but I agree he would be easier to replace than the likes of Morelos and if the club do receive an offer of £8m+ then it would be very difficult for the club to refuse.

NEIL DONCASTER has been paid a performance bonus of £91,000 for his role as SPFL chief executive. The SPFL annual report and financial statement show he bagged a huge £388,000 salary, which has risen from £297,000 last year. Doncaster has been rewarded with the 30% wage rise after securing a £160million Scottish Premiership broadcast deal with Sky Sports beginning in the 2020/21 season. However, overall SPFL revenue dropped by 3% to £36.1m which is down to no Scottish teams competing in the Champions League group stage. The former Norwich CEO has been in charge at the SPFL for 10 years and is the highest paid director. According to the Daily Mail, a league source has backed the major bonus handed to Doncaster. They said: "Neil's package reflects the ongoing and growing commercial success of the SPFL. "The new broadcast contracts delivered just under 20 per cent more revenue to clubs. "Crucially it also involves far fewer changes to kick off times, with the disrupted kick-offs down from 60 to 48. "Attendances over the last five years have gone from 2013/14 when the figures were 3.8 million to 4.5million now. "Per capita that gives Scotland the highest attendances in Europe." The SPFL report also confirmed plans are being put in place to replace key sponsors Ladbrokes, Betfred and Tunnock's when deals finish at the end of this season. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4948166/spfl-neil-doncaster-91k-bonus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1573637886

Celtic Boys' Club paedophile Frank Cairney slammed for 'cynical' use of justice system after latest freedom bid The evil beast is appealing his convictions despite the eight brave victims who independently took the stand at Hamilton Sheriff Court to give evidence against him. Celtic Boys’ Club paedophile Frank Cairney’s “cynical” use of the justice system has been slammed by one of his victims. The evil beast is to make his latest bid for freedom on tomorrow at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh. He is appealing his convictions despite the eight brave victims who independently took the stand at Hamilton Sheriff Court to give evidence against him. Now, one of them has told the Daily Record how he is “insulted” and “disgusted” by Cairney’s constant appeals, saying they “prolong suffering” for the victims who were abused over a 20-year period. Cairney was jailed for four years in February on nine charges of historical abuse by Sheriff Daniel Kelly QC, who said he used his role as manager of the club as a “sinister cover” to carry out his sexual abuse of children and that he was a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”. The victim, who cannot be named, said: “It is totally cynical. I am insulted and disgusted by Cairney’s behaviour. “I have had to suffer all my life for what he did to me 45 years ago. I would expect that the other seven victims feel the same. “Giving evidence and having to see his face at the trial was a horrible experience. I wake up every night with the image of him in my head, several months on. “If that is not enough for any human being to have to go through, leaving me badly traumatised, Cairney keeps the ball rolling and prolongs my suffering by appealing four times and putting me through a complete state of anxiety and fear at the slightest chance he is going to get out of jail soon. “He is not man enough to accept or even acknowledge the damage he has done to me, and so continues to put me through further suffering, making it impossible for me to try and live a normal life. “Is this his way of tormenting me further, for standing up to him, at last, in a court of law, with seven more innocent children who were within his evil grasp? “I’ve spent my life silenced by the fear of ‘Big Frank’ and the power of Celtic Football Club. “Why, after being found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, due to the courage of us eight victims, doesn’t he accept his light punishment for his predatory, evil, sexual abuse over decades? Just tell the truth like it is. “Big Frank, you were part of an evil paedophile ring, pouncing on young boy’s hopes and dreams.” Cairney’s lawyers have tried on two occasions to have him released from prison ahead of the appeal because of his apparent poor health. However, judges have refused to grant the requests. Lord Turnbull and Lord Drummond Young concluded there was not enough evidence to justify Cairney, 84, being granted interim liberation. Cairney is thought to be serving time at Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow’s east end. At his sentencing, Sheriff Kelly told Cairney: “At Celtic Boys’ Club, you had a great say in which of the young men would progress to being taken on by Celtic Football Club. “A wolf in sheep’s clothing, little did parents suspect that the revered football manager was in fact an active paedophile.” Cairney is one of four men associated with Celtic Boys’ Club or Celtic FC to be convicted of predatory paedophile behaviour in recent months. Former kitman Jim McCafferty, 73, was jailed for six years and nine months. Founder of the boys’ club Jim Torbett, 71, was jailed for two years in 1998, and then again for six years last November. Gerald King, 66, a former chairman of the boys’ club, was convicted of preying on young victims while a teacher in Glasgow but avoided jail. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-boys-club-paedophile-slammed-20870016