Spain's former king pays back taxes after leaving amid scandal

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Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who left his homeland under a cloud of scandal in August, has settled a back tax bill worth over 678,000 euros ($817,871) including interest and fines, his lawyers said on Wednesday.

MADRID - Spain’s former king Juan Carlos, who left his homeland under a cloud of scandal in August, has settled a back tax bill worth over 678,000 euros including interest and fines, his lawyers said on Wednesday.

The lawyers, in a statement, provided no details on what the back taxes were for. But the newspaper El Pais said earlier the former monarch sought to settle certain alleged illegal credit card transactions with the revenue service to avoid being charged in an investigation and to be able to return to Spain.

 

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Oh you Royals. Lol.. I need not imagine what a Spanish King may or may not have done. It's all for show and pomp and circumstance now. Just ask Wes Anderson and the Royal Tenenbaums. Haha.Pesky My big toe doth Hurt. My Walken keeps talkin. My pain you can feel. Boxed and penned.

Now if the IRS could get TheRevAl to do the same

Kingin' ain't easy.

Did he pay in Pesetas?

Spain doesn't fuck around with tax evasion. They get everyone.

I remember seeing the king of Spain's yacht it was one of the first jet boats of its size correct me if I'm around kamie waterjets super jet ski idea

Hoping this becomes a trend amongst royalty.

Ho boy

Dodgy geezer!

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