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Portsmouth have been issued with a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs.

HMRC sources have confirmed to Press Association Sport that the petition over an unpaid tax bill, which the club's administrator says is £1.6million, has been sent to the troubled npower Championship club.

"Ensuring tax is paid on time should be at the centre of a football club's business strategy just like any other business," said an HMRC spokesman.

"Anyone that regards paying tax as an optional extra, or that uses tax collected from employees or customers as working capital, is potentially heading for trouble.

"While a winding-up order is a last resort, there is little HMRC can do for a business - be it a football club or not -

whose viability is dependent either on not paying the UK taxes to which they are liable, or on special treatment not available to other customers with similar tax affairs."

The extent of Pompey's latest financial problems were revealed after Italian businessman Joseph Cala pulled out of a deal to buy the club on Friday.

Andrew Andronikou, the joint-administrator of the club's parent company Convers Sports Initiatives, said the club was unable to pay a bill of £800,000 in December and that another £800,000 payment was due on January 20.

The club have been looking for new owners since Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration in November.

Michael Appleton, the Portsmouth manager, has admitted he expects to have to sell players from what is already the smallest squad in the Championship.

In February 2010 Pompey became the first Premier League club to enter administration with debts of around £60million and were deducted nine points, which saw them relegated from the top flight.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/12/01/24/SOCCER_Portsmouth.html&BID=165

Portsmouth Football Club Statement

Over the past few weeks the club has been the subject of media speculation, with a number of parties – including prospective owners – speaking publicly about the state of affairs at the club.

We have generally tried to avoid adding to this speculation as it is not helpful and does not assist in the day-to-day management of the club's affairs.

The club is in a difficult set of circumstances at the moment. The period from November to January was always going to be one where the club received owner funding. This injection of cash was to cover a number of areas in our working capital requirements, including salaries and PAYE as well as scheduled payments for player acquisitions from last summer.

We knew that the club would not generate sufficient funds to support itself through this period. However, when CSI, the club’s parent company, went into administration we were given assurances by the Administrator of CSI and the charge-holders over CSI (Portpin Limited) that the club would be funded through this period until a new owner was found. This has not happened. One of the reasons for this is that the Administrator has not generated expected funds from the sale of other CSI businesses that might have assisted the club's position.

The club's working capital position has therefore been severely stretched while we seek to resolve the ownership situation and this has resulted in the debts that are due to HMRC.

The club therefore has some difficult circumstances to manage. The charge-holder over CSI may choose to fund the club for any current shortfall in order to protect the value of its financial position. However, this appears uncertain/unlikely which means we may have to try to raise funds through player sales, although this is clearly not our preferred route.

In addition we still have a significant number of parties interested in acquiring the club who are actively pursuing their respective interests. We therefore remain positive that a solution will be found before some of these difficult choices have to be made. As you can imagine this has been, and remains, a very difficult balance.

We have been in regular contact with HMRC, The Football League and our creditors to keep them advised of the position. We will continue to work around the clock to achieve the sale of the club as soon as possible, something which remains our priority and the outcome we all hope for.

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Portsmouth-Football-Club-Statement-3049.aspx

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引用第6樓丹尼屎於2012-01-27 01:48發表的“”:
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扣10分

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清極都仲係到。 [表情]