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No rules change for FifaThursday 12 August 2010 National and international rules will not be changed to accommodate Fifa if the Netherlands is chosen to host the football World Cup in 2018 or 2022, acting sports minister Ab Klink told journalists on Wednesday. He was responding to comments by tax specialists in NRC following the official visit this week by a Fifa delegation to the Netherlands and Belgium, who have entered a joint bid. Among the Fifa demands, which are included in the Dutch-Belgian bid book, are tax exemption for Fifa officials during their stay and vat exemption on ticket sales. According to the tax specialists, these are against Dutch and European tax laws. According to Klink, parliament will be involved in any decisions and he is considering getting around the rules by compensating Fifa for any tax or vat it may have to pay. 'We think all the demands are possible within existing Dutch and international laws,' he told the press. Hosting the World Cup is of great sporting and social importance, the minister said. The Dutch-Belgian bid is competing against England, Russia and another joint bid from Spain and Portugal. Fifa will make its decision on December 2. © DutchNews.nl
So I guess Fifa won't be choosing NL/BE bid. Anyway, why have they got their knickers in a twist....NL is host to a bunch of EU and UN organisations whose employees pay no income tax and whose organisations are VAT exempt!!! ESA is a great example, along with the European Patent office!! Idiotic Dutch government....could have been a huge money spinner for the economy By Caycu | August 12, 2010 11:05 AM Oh good! We'd get to subsidise another load of overpaid officials! So glad to hear the spending of my taxes is going to such a good, worthy and charitable cause. By H | August 12, 2010 4:41 PM Karl - I believe you missed the point. The law forbids exempting FIFA from tax, so the Dutch government will charge FIFA the tax and then turn around and pay them BACK from taxpayer money. H has it right. Oh goody ! By Carrieinholland | August 12, 2010 6:42 PM The global elites vs. 'the rest of us'. Who always wins? By Lisa | August 13, 2010 5:18 AM
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Good for the Netherlands.
Who the hell do FIFA think they are, swanning around like little tinpot dictators
By Karl H | August 12, 2010 8:36 AM