If Spain wins the World Cup final the economic prize is not only for the footballers: the Treasury would pocket almost six million

On Sunday, July 19, the Spanish National Team will play the most important match in the last 16 years: the World Cup final against Argentina. The possibility of making history is in the hands of the footballers chosen by coach Luis de la Fuente who, besides fighting for the biggest football tournament, will also compete to earn a juicy bonus of 754,701.92 euros.

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Of the 26 selected by De la Fuente to go to the United States, Mexico, and Canada to represent Spain, 17 of them pay taxes in our country because they play in First Division clubs. According to the Technicians of the Ministry of Finance (Gestha), they could pay almost 6 million euros in taxes if they win the World Cup final on Sunday. In the event of defeating the Argentine team, 4.4 million would go to the AEAT, almost 350,000 euros to the Treasury of Navarra, and almost 300,000 euros each to the provincial Treasuries of Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia.

Gestha highlights that Spanish administrative doctrine considers that the bonuses that the RFEF pays to the national team players for participating in international competitions and for sporting successes are classified in the IRPF as employment income, even though there is no employment relationship (federated athletes are obliged to join the national team when called up, so there is no contractual link as such: the only employers of the footballers are their respective clubs).

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Since the Treasury considers that gain as employment income, it has the right to collect the full IRPF from them. Additionally, footballers like Pedri, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Pau Cubarsí, Eric García, Joan García, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Álex Baena, and Borja Iglesias are not entitled to apply a 30% reduction before calculating taxes because they have probably already applied it after earning bonuses for winning the 2024 Eurocup or the Olympic Games that same year, and the Treasury only allows this reduction to be applied once every five years.

However, in the provincial Treasuries, there is no other limitation than a maximum of 300,000 euros to which the reduction percentages can be applied, which can be taken advantage of by Mikel Oyarzabal, Víctor Muñoz, Unai Simón, Aymeric Laporte, and Nico Williams.

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