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After 10 months of negotiations reached an agreement with the Inland Revenue
The club Lotito will have to pay € 140 million over 23 years
Lazio closed the game with tax
Cacciato the specter of bankruptcy
President Lotito cheers and raised: "Now the battle for the new stadium"

ROME - It closes the quarrel between Lazio and the Treasury. The advisory commission for the collection of taxes has in fact expressed their support for the agreement concluded by the club bianconceleste with the Treasury, an agreement that provides for the payment of 140 million € in 23. The news was confirmed by the Inland Revenue. The document was faxed to Lazio, which in turn sent it to the bankruptcy court in Tivoli, before which since early this morning stationed a few hundred fans.

President rejoices. "I am satisfied, is a victory that I dedicate to the fans of Lazio who were close to us" . L ' agreement with the Inland Revenue has been greeted with these words by the club president Claudio Lotito. "It is not over here - he continued - now there's a ' other battle that awaits us and that is the construction of the new stadium that will be useful for fulfill their commitments. "

Ten months of negotiations. Thus ends a story that has long kept athletes faith biancoceleste with bated breath. The negotiations lasted ten months and in fact the company to save Lazio was a race against time. It all began in May 2004 when the then president, the lawyer Ugo Longo, had submitted the request for rescheduling of the entire tax liability of approximately EUR 170 million.
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Lotito. A situation then inherited by Claudio Lotito, who took over the presidency of the club on July 19 last year. And only two days later, on July 21, the Inland Revenue had know to wait for an advisory opinion from the competent bodies before we can consider the request made by the club. Lazio had relied on the Decree Law 138 of August 2002, converted into Law 178/02, which provides an opportunity for the Inland Revenue to arrive at a transaction, including the rescheduling of the payment, with the taxpayer insolvent.

The turning point of the State Council. An important page in the long controversy writes on September 28 last year, the Council of State's opinion on the applicability of the decree: the administrative courts in fact say that the application submitted by biancoceleste is permissible. Thus begins pressing the President Lotito on ' Revenue Agency : November 4, the first request for comment after the ok of the State Council.

Ultimatum cross. But it is the beginning of 2005 that led to the decisive and final turning point. "The state must make a choice, or take or not take it no more money" , said the president in early February. The Agency replica Feb. 22, asking the Lazio to integrate with other documents filed the request for transaction. On 7 March the club over new documents and start the final rush to prevent the failure of the club. Lazio sets March 23 deadline to sign the the transaction and avoid carrying books in court.

The League gets across. Meanwhile, the 17, the company advances its proposal to close the game with the tax authorities: total 107 million, including interest and no other charges, deferred over 20 years. The initiative also raises a fuss in the political, with the protest of the League doing battle against a measure to save the Lazio. The dispute, however, seems to fade when the night between 23 and 24 March the agreement was signed between Lazio and the Inland Revenue. The joy of the fans also , lasts only a few hours in the day it comes the cold shower for the request for an opinion on the Bar state. Success

photo finish. At the same time, the Court of Tivoli gives his ultimatum: if by March 29 will not be deposited all official documents of the pact, will start the procedure of bankruptcy of the club. The race against time it was closed this morning at the photo finish: the advisory commission for the collection of taxes puts an end. The Agreement is valid, the transaction can be done. Just in time for racing at Tivoli, twenty minutes after the end , file documents in court and decreed the salvation of the club.

(March 29, 2005)

what a shame! blackmailed for the State, for journalism and indecent for the poor citizens-fans who are still thinking about football and do not realize they are exploited as slaves ignorant