The Chinese Super League’s tax payment is a very strange thing.
Regardless of whether it is domestic or foreign, any industry must pay taxes. After all, there is a saying that everyone has to agree with: "In this world, the only things that cannot be escaped are death and taxes."
However, Chinese football tells you: everything is possible.
That is paying taxes on behalf of others.
The so-called tax payment on behalf of the players means that the players receive their salaries and bonuses, and the club pays the taxes for the players. If an ordinary office worker hears such a good thing, his first reaction is not to believe it. After all, if you receive salary and bonuses from the company, you will also have to pay personal taxes.
If the company comes to help you pay, you will wake up laughing when you sleep.
However, something magical has really happened. In all contracts signed between Chinese Super League clubs and players, terms such as annual salary bonuses will be clearly written, and it will be marked after tax.
From the perspective of world football, no matter how big a star is, whether you are Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, the club he plays for will not be responsible for the taxes he pays. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been sued over tax issues.
When it comes to the Chinese Super League, because of the need to develop "Chinese football with Chinese characteristics", many taxes are thrown to the clubs. This leads to huge pressure on the clubs in terms of funds. At the same time, yin and yang contracts and other situations are the norm.
In such a general environment, even the Dragon Team is not immune.
Take Nie Jiang, who currently has the highest salary among domestic players in the Dragons, as an example. His annual salary is RMB 6.5 million. According to China’s individual tax ladder table, if the monthly taxable income exceeds RMB 80,000, the tax rate is 45%.
Then the Dragon Team must pay more than 2.7 million yuan in taxes for Nie Jiang every year, so in fact, the cost of the Dragon Team's annual salary for Nie Jiang is 9.3 million.
Considering that the main players of the Dragons generally earn more than 4 million in salary, the cost of paying taxes is high.
"This is indeed a good entry point." Wu Huilin is very supportive of Zhang Sheng's proposal. "I am also an experienced finance person. When I first heard that companies help pay taxes, I really didn't react."
"This is just the first step. All new contracts we sign in the future will be based on this. We will strive to reduce the salary ratio to 55% next year and 50% the year after. As for the payment of taxes, we will start from
Let me get started." Zhang Sheng made the request to lead by example.
The boss has said this, so of course the executive level has nothing to say.
Zhang Sheng's proposal is actually not only beneficial to the Longteng team, but also to other clubs. It even complies with the requirements of the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" issued by the country.
Whether it is with the current Chinese Super League or previous exchanges with various clubs in the Chinese Premier League, tax payment has always been the focus of everyone's complaints, especially after players' salaries have become higher and higher.
Ten or twenty years ago, clubs defaulted to paying taxes on the salaries and bonuses of coaches and players. This was based on the fact that the salaries and bonuses of coaches and players were not very high.
In the past, the top star of a team only had an annual salary of one to two million, and the company's tax payment was only three to four hundred thousand. It was not a big burden, and it also gave the players a good impression that the club was considerate and that they were valued.
But now that the salary is tens of millions, the burden on the club is extremely heavy.
If Zhang Sheng's prediction is good and Long Teng makes this start, most of the other clubs will follow suit, and this is in line with the country's rules.
After all, the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" clearly mentions that it is necessary to "formulate standards for club talent introduction and salary management, explore and implement total salary management for teams and players, and effectively prevent problems such as inflated player values and disorderly competition."
In fact, in real history, when many clubs responded to the country's salary limit order, the first thing they took was this serious knife.
After the end of this season, a large number of Longteng players have reached the time to renew their contracts, including many substitute players in the team.
In the Longteng team, as long as they can play a stable rotation for a season, the club will basically negotiate with the players in advance to renew their contracts. One is to provide the players with a salary that matches their worth, and the other is to fear that other clubs will raise their salaries.
It's easy to recruit people. After all, the salary of the Dragons' substitute players is not high, most of them will not exceed two million.
As long as a player can play a stable rotation in the Dragons, in the eyes of external clubs, he is a good player who must strive for. An annual salary of two million is nothing. Doubling it to give an annual salary of four million after tax is still profitable.
Turned over.
Players such as Qu Wenming, Ni Kai, Zeng Fansheng, Cao Jinghao, Tang Jin, Peng Langjun, and Tian Qijie in the team are all players who can play in the rotation for a long time. Their current annual salary generally does not exceed 2 million, which is less than a salary.
And the team's need for them is urgent.
Qu Wenming's never-tiring defense in the midfield can make the team feel more at ease when encountering an opponent with a strong attacking midfielder. His performance in this season's AFC Champions League final and FA Cup final was highly recognized by everyone.
As an important chess piece in Zhang Sheng's substitution adjustment, Ni Kai can have a substitute with the same tactics when Fernando is lacking in physical fitness or in poor condition. His speed, technology and desperate playing style have left a lot of impression on people.
A deep impression. In addition, he can add another thing - handsome, which has won the recognition of many fans.
Zeng Wengrong's playing style is similar to that of Ding Huaiyi, which is a very powerful weapon when the team faces intensive defense. His dribbling and dribbling can disrupt the opponent's defense. Even if he cannot completely score a goal, he can still score a few points on the court.
Free kicks at key positions are still very common.
Cao Jinghao can perform stably in both the left midfield and midfielder positions. Especially in the game against Real Madrid, his ability is not inferior to that of any domestic midfielder. This season he is also a Zhang
Promoted to the player who plays the most minutes in the middle.
Needless to say, the performance of Peng Langjun and Tian Qijie in the two games of the Club World Cup was one that destroyed Real Madrid’s right wing and the other dominated Gremio’s left wing. Although the performance was not stable enough, there were such classics
During the competition, not to mention the Chinese Super League teams, European teams all regarded them as the focus of attention.
Needless to say, Tang Jin has scored goals in key matches of the league, FA Cup, AFC Champions League, and Club World Cup. How much more demanding do you have for a 21-year-old center? Maybe the rumored Longteng team is willing to let go
Chavez left, most likely because of Tang Jin's bottom line.
In the following 2018 season, the Dragons will definitely reuse them, so giving them new contracts is inevitable.
However, after the club policy of canceling the tax payment was finalized, what Zhang Sheng expected happened still happened. Many players had objections to the regulations led by Zhang Sheng!
This is directly related to the players' income, and it is not a small amount of money. Once these players sign a new contract, it will cost at least two to three million. If the tax is not paid by the company and they are allowed to pay it themselves, the annual loss will be hundreds.
More than 10,000.
In Zhang Sheng's response plan, he could communicate with these players by promising them a more important position in the team, planning a plan to improve their abilities, or even making a promise to study abroad to solve the problems one by one.
But things went beyond Zhang Sheng's expectation.
The first person to clearly object to Zhang Sheng was not these substitute players, but Ma Yongli, who was nominally the team's vice-captain. In fact, due to Lu Zhihui's reduced playing time, he assumed most of the captain's responsibilities.
"The people in the team are very restless right now, boss." Ma Yongli's voice sounded dull on the phone.
Zhang Sheng's heart moved: "Who has communicated with you?"
"Well..." Ma Yongli held back for a while and mentioned a few names, "Xiao Qu, Xiao Ni, and Da Wei all told me about this."
"To cancel the payment of taxes on behalf of others?" Zhang Sheng's tone seemed very calm.
Anyway, the words had been spoken, and Ma Yongli relaxed and said: "Yes. I support the salary limit, but I also feel that the cancellation of substitute tax payment is too big at once.
Everyone thinks that the salary increase can be smaller, and everyone can accept this. Nowadays, many people's salaries have increased on the surface, but after the tax payment is cut, the money they get becomes less.
Many brothers in the team are in poor family situations, and many of them owe money. In the past few years since joining the club, their initial salary was not high. After finally being kicked out, they all hope to sign a new contract, get a salary increase, and improve their family situation.
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Boss, you know the situation in my family well. My father’s disease is a bottomless pit. He has to go to the hospital for dialysis every month, which costs four or five thousand a month. Erythropoietin and other drugs are also necessary. This is also
I hope to God there will be no complications.
Before I joined the team, he spent a lot of money playing football. After he got sick, he basically couldn't work. I was suspended for a year, and my family borrowed a lot from here and there. Before I joined the team, we
It can be said that the family was at the end of its rope. It wasn’t until you, the boss, recruited me into the team that I had an income and my father’s life was saved.
Boss, for this, I will be grateful to you forever.
But now my dad's condition is getting worse and worse with dialysis. The doctor said that he would recommend a kidney transplant, but he has to wait for a kidney source. I just want to get this done as soon as possible, and I am willing to spend any amount of money.
Of course, I know that what I am doing is special, but everyone definitely wants to make more money while they are still in good shape, one for the sacrifice of their family members in the past, and the other for their future life.
If you do this now, it will have a huge impact on everyone’s morale.”
Zhang Sheng is very aware of the situation in Ma Yongli's family. This time Ma Yongli also made a request for a salary increase. As the actual captain of the team, this year's good results are indeed closely related to his contribution, but the club already gave him a salary increase last year.
Once upon a time, his annual salary of six million was the highest in the team, so there was a stalemate.
Perhaps considering that there was no hope of a salary increase and that the club would instead deduct money because of the cancellation of tax payment, Ma Yongli was pushed out by several people with objections to communicate with Zhang Sheng.
"The cancellation of tax payment is a general trend. Not only will our club cancel it, but there is a high probability that many other clubs will cancel it in the future. This is the general direction and will not change." Zhang Sheng pondered for a while and made up his mind.
, "If it's really difficult for you here, I will communicate with the HR department and Mr. Ding about this salary increase."
In fact, Zhang Sheng knew about Ma Yongli's father's situation. After all, Zhang Sheng had much wider social resources than players like Ma Yongli. The doctor who treated Ma Yongli's father was Zhang Sheng, who was introduced by Professor Xu from Tongji who cooperated with Longteng Club.
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The total cost of a kidney transplant will basically not exceed 500,000. For most ordinary families, this is a number that makes the whole body tingle when they hear it, but for Ma Yongli's current annual salary, it is not a big deal.
In the final analysis, Ma Yongli still has objections to the reduction of his own income. Before the replacement tax payment is cancelled, even if he does not get a salary increase this time, he can get all of his 6 million annual salary. Once the replacement tax payment is cancelled, even if he is given
His salary was raised to 7 million, and he had to pay 3 million in personal taxes alone. What he received was less than 4 million, which was far lower than before the salary increase.
After Ma Yongli got a salary increase last year, he immediately bought a top-of-the-line Ferrari 360. The ability to buy such a sports car worth three million in one go shows that he does not lack the five hundred thousand that his father used to treat his illness.
What's more, I still don't want to let go and get the tax payment part easily.
In the end, the two parties did not reach an agreed solution.
Zhang Sheng put down the phone and sat in front of his desk, tapping his fingers on the table without rhythm. He was thinking about the people Ma Yongli mentioned just now.
Qu Wenming and Ni Kai have low salaries. Zhang Sheng has prepared new contracts for them, and even if they are not satisfied with the contract and want to leave the team, as rotation players, they will not have much impact on the Longteng team.
But Ma Yongli mentioned not only himself, but also Huang Dawei, which is very crucial.
A team's vice president and a team's main goalkeeper. Their contracts were just renewed last year. Judging from the length of the contracts, they are not in a hurry. But some time ago, they both mentioned that they would increase their salary and sign a new contract.
Perhaps this year's unprecedented five crowns gave them the confidence to ask for the price.
If we want to satisfy their requirements of canceling the payment of taxes and ensuring an increase in salary, then the new contract offered by Ma Yongli will reach more than 10 million before tax, which is a figure that is impossible to appear in the Longteng Club.
Of course, maybe in order to maintain the old contract, Ma Yongli and the others will not raise the salary increase. The result is that either the players will have knots in their hearts, leading to unstable military morale, or the players will have the idea of leaving the team.
"The plan for a comprehensive exchange of blood will be put on the agenda." Zhang Sheng sighed helplessly and reluctantly.
In Zhang Sheng's plan, in addition to using a lot of potential pills before the Club World Cup, players who have raised their potential to more than 100 can be sold. Of course, if you can leave as few players as possible, leave as few players as possible. Only a stable team can
Only in a stable state can you maintain good results.
However, there is one player who cannot and will not leave, and that is the team's captain Lu Zhihui.
The reason why Zhang Sheng had the confidence to implement a salary limit and ensure that the most basic structure of the team remained intact was because Lu Zhihui, the old captain, was here. With him, many disturbances could not be caused.
