Sam Allardyce scandal: England manager claims HMRC is the ‘most corrupt business in Britain’
SAM ALLARDYCE complained about the UK tax system while being quizzed by undercover journalists about football corruption - claiming the HMRC is the "most corrupt business" in Britain.
The England manager, who has twice been investigated twice for his tax affairs, is videoed by the saying: “The most corrupt business in our country would be what? You’ll be shocked when I tell you this – HMRC.
“They fly out tax demands without any real knowledge whether they should or shouldn’t.
“They just put ‘em out willy-nilly and if you pay them, people s*** themselves and pay them.“Then they go to their accountant and say, and if you’ve got a s*** accountant, the account s**** himself and says, well you must owe them, you had better pay it."
Allardyce is on the brink of a shock sacking after just one match in charge of the Three Lions after claiming he used his job as Three Lions boss to land a £400,000 deal.
The Sun exclusively revealed this morning that Big Sam feared for his job as England manager after being caught on camera trying to land the deal, while also slagging off England players and former boss Roy Hodgson.
FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn were holding an emergency meeting at Wembley this morning and are understood to be extremely disturbed by the allegations.
It is understood that the FA feel they will have to terminate Allardyce’s contract, with concerns at what else might be washed out.
The boss was caught on film by The Telegraph appearing to abuse his position to help businessmen “get around” FA transfer rules.
The former Bolton and West Ham boss may have an axe to grind with the taxman, having been named in 2013 in connection with HMRC’s inquiry into a £450million tax scam.
As tax avoidance is not illegal in the UK, there is no suggestion that he did anything wrong when he, along with footballer Wayne Rooney and golfer Rory McIlroy, invested in the government-backed scheme which offered tax relief for investing in deprived areas.
Also in 2013 Allardyce, then manager of Sunderland, was caught up in a £275m tax fraud involving a fake film company.
The CPS currently wants to recover some £100m from the scheme’s ringleaders, four of whom were convicted in June.
Allardyce was an investor in that scheme along with many high profile people and was not one its architects
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