Budget 2026: Football players warned over looming image rights tax changes

Budget 2026: Football players warned over looming image rights tax changes

Football clubs and players have been warned of looming changes unveiled in the Budget that will see image rights taxed like wages. Chancellor John Healey’s Budget document, released on Wednesday, stated that “the government will clarify that image rights payments related to an employment are taxable as employment income and taxed in the same way [...]