Hearts pay off tax bill
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Hearts have announced they have now paid an outstanding tax bill in full.
A winding-up petition was presented to the Court of Session by the Advocate General for Scotland on January 27 and published on February 7, with HMRC giving the Edinburgh club eight days to pay.
Last year, Hearts were forced to pay a bill in the region of £500,000 to defeat a similar order, while others were served in 2009 and 2010.
At a time when Rangers’ own battle with HMRC has been dominating the headlines, Hearts say their bill has now been settled.
A statement on the club’s website read: “Heart of Midlothian FC today announces that the outstanding amount due to HMRC in relation to the recent winding up notice has been paid in full.”
Hearts’ financial predicament has been highlighted by the delayed payment of player wages.
January was the first time in four months the players received their salaries on time, with Hearts avoiding unlimited sanctions from the Scottish Premier League as a result.
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Vietnam Veteran
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 10:27 AMHertz cheat again - yawn.
vladhibs
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 04:11 AMThink it's our year to be honest
Baldrick
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 02:21 AM101* Too negative. While they may be outsiders, I could well see the cabbages making the semis. Far from impossible.
vladhibs
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 01:02 AMThe yaks struggle tae get thru, no surprises there. Out next round
GEO123
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 12:09 AMIf only Romanov would ''fall back in love again'' with Scottish football with this being Valentine's Day, with Scottish football at its weakest and every club hard up, he could splash a few million on us, leave his manager to get on with it and we could be the New Rangers with the refs in our pocket and guaranteed European football every season. Nice dream eh!
LionRampant
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 12:08 AMComment removed by moderator
jambo2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 11:48 PM" Hamills a waste of space"...."McGowans better CB than Zal" humble apologies to Hamill +Zal nervy penalty and showed balls to keep us in it and ffs Zal scoring the winner ! Webster man of the match imo and MacDonald looked a goalie, deeeeelighted !
Hammy1874
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:51 PMPredictable and expected result tonight. It doesn't matter when you score, its if you score. Late winners are what makes teams winners.... kind of like the 2nd of January 2012.
JaimeDLG
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:45 PMNot that I have any sympathy for football clubs not paying their tax but is HMRC attacking Scottish Football unfairly with orders recently against Rangers, Hearts and Falkirk. Probably not but I would like to see the UK FIGURES, Can any of the media produce figures for the whole UK concerning orders against English and Welsh teams??
victor is back
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:43 PMsir brian - ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In your defence you are at least one level off the bottom of the pond life scale - step forward the vietnam veteran who, funnily enough, seems to have gone all quiet. Can't think why!!!!!!!!!!!!
waspy100
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:38 PMVV you have egg on your chin again
Sir Brian Hine QC
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:36 PMI do enjoy listening to the impartial Alan Preston.....G O A L...YES WHat a goal, yes it's a goal.....yes we were....hearts were very lucky there.................REALLY
waspy100
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:34 PMPheww Talk about getting lucky?? Still will accept it as wee JR sayed its not over till the fat man scores or in this case calamity Zal. Well done Jambos always going to be a tricky one this. How the hobbits must be trembling.
Baldrick
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:34 PMVery good, predictable, result for the Hearts. Any of 5 clubs could win it now, Aberdeen (unlikely), M'Well (unlikely), Dundee Utd (unlikely), Celtic (unlikely) or Hearts. Get the brasso out.
Portsmouth 657
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:32 PMBig team wins again.
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