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Barcelona's Carles Puyol, left, vies for the ball against Racing Santander's Manuel Arana, right, during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Sardinero stadium in Santander, Spain, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Juan Manuel Serrano Arce)
MADRID - Spanish football clubs owe the government €752 million ($982 million) in unpaid back taxes, according to figures released Tuesday.
The United Left party says figures provided by the government show an increase of nearly €150 million ($195 million) in unpaid taxes over the past four years, with topflight clubs making up nearly half a billion euros ($653 million) of the overall figure. At least six top division clubs are already in bankruptcy protection.
The numbers were released after the United Left, a communist party led coalition, submitted a written request to parliament for the information.
