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Esta entrevista a Julio Anguita hace 16 años sobre como el rey Juan Carlos entregó el Sáhara a Marruecos con la dirección de los EEUU y la inacción de nuestros gobiernos está más vigente que nunca. EEUU sigue estando del lado de Marruecos y no de España.
Cuanta verdad don Julio.
I've been getting a lot of questions about how billionaires use sports teams to save hundreds of millions of dollars on taxes, so let me explain.
Let's use the Lakers as an example.
When the transaction closes, Josh Kushner and Bob Iger will start by allocating 90% or more of the purchase price ($12.5 billion) to intangible assets.
Kushner and Iger will then amortize these assets over 15 years under Section 197 of the tax code, allowing them to deduct the amortization against team income.
But since these deals are typically structured as pass-throughs, the excess losses don't just vanish. Kushner and Iger can use those losses to shield hundreds of millions of dollars in outside personal income, such as capital gains from VC investments, from being taxed.
This is what allowed Steve Ballmer to pay $78 million in taxes on $656 million in income in the year he purchased the Clippers for $2 billion. That's 12%.
The tax code has been this way for decades, but what makes sports teams unique is that they are not typical businesses.
While no one would argue that it is unfair for a regular business to reduce its taxable income as the value of its machinery, vehicles, and computers erode, most of the assets of a sports franchise regenerate automatically.
In other words, player contracts can be amortized even though teams just sign new players when old players leave. TV deals can also be amortized even though leagues just negotiate more lucrative deals when their current ones expire. The tax code even allows for franchise and league membership rights to be amortized even though those rights technically never expire.
President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill actually included a provision that would have reduced the amortization deduction to 50% of the purchase price for new acquisitions. But after NFL owners like Robert Kraft, Jimmy Haslam, and Rob Walton lobbied against it, the provision was removed at the last minute.
This proposed change would have only impacted new team sales, but current owners care about it because if the existing amortization advantage goes away or gets diminished, it would negatively impact valuations.
Think about it this way: If the amortization deduction drops from 90% to 50%, that would cost potential buyers hundreds of millions in tax savings. So to make up for the difference, team valuations would have to fall.
This is also why the Lakers sale is so shocking.
Walter is giving up billions in potential tax savings over 15 years for a 20% capital gain over two years.
That wouldn't make sense...unless Walter is actually being forced to sell to cover the very loans the federal government is currently investigating him for.
P.S. Today's newsletter breaks down everything you need to know about the Mark Walter investigation: why the DOJ seized his phone and laptop, how it triggered a fire sale of the Lakers, and whether the Dodgers, Chelsea, or the Cadillac Formula 1 team will be next.
I spent the last 24 hours digging into all the details, and I think this is probably one of our best newsletters ever.
READ: https://t.co/UtrdzG4nTZ
🟦 Telefónica y 🟧 Orange han evitado mencionar a Starlink al anunciar su "servicio básico de emergencia" para zonas afectadas por incendios.
La cuenta de Starlink confirma que son ellos los que proporcionan conectividad gratuita.
Te lo contamos ayer 👇
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🚨 Dani Olmo on the Argentina staff Roberto Ayala hitting him in the face
🎙️Reporter: "Dani, things completely spiraled after the final whistle. Beyond the shouting match with their players, we saw one of the Argentina staff members actually strike you in the face on the pitch.What happened there?"
🎙️ Dani Olmo:
"Look, when someone from their staff puts his hands on my face like that, my immediate instinct was to hit him right back—I’m human, and in the heat of the moment, you want to defend yourself. But I stopped myself. I didn't want to set a terrible example for all the kids and fans watching from home. We have a responsibility, and we are the role models for the next generation.
Honestly, I couldn't care less about what they did after the game. They can throw tantrums, punches or act out, but we showed far more class than them today—both on and outside the pitch. But let’s be real: apart from Messi, who always carries himself with pure class, it felt like everyone else in that squad and staff was just waiting for a reason to fight the entire time."
Some actors play emotions. Diane Keaton lived inside them.
Diane Keaton embodied the contradictions of being human: funny and fragile, bright and bruised, always achingly honest. For decades, she filled every frame with warmth, wit, and wonder. A Best Actress Oscar winner and four-time nominee, her presence shaped generations of storytelling. Her spirit will live forever on screen, and in the hearts of all who saw themselves in her.
Colbert: la agonía de la sátira https://t.co/ngNnW2ucJk a través de @El_Universal_Mx La sátira es un indicador de las sociedades abiertas. Tienes la libertad de NO consumirla.
Trump publica sin rubor un sms de Rutte. Tantos años de primer ministro cultivando la fama de duro, de independiente, presumiendo de la franqueza de los holandeses, siempre directos y dispuestos a decirte a la cara lo que piensan.
Lo que @o2es no comenta es que:
1. esa «orden judicial» está basada en una autodenuncia de Telefónica a sí misma.
2. no ordena el bloqueo de la IP de Japonísimo, sino que permite que Telefónica bloquee las IPs que quiera.
3. es un fraude de Ley.
PLZ RT https://t.co/3QslnpRuYQ
Trump se ha fulminado de un plumazo la Orden Ejecutiva sobre Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
Habrá que ver cómo será la estrategia del nuevo ejecutivo respecto a la IA, pero no tiene pinta que vaya a haber mucha regulación en contra.
Que la ONU otorgue su cumbre del clima a una petrodictadura dinástica como #Azerbaiyán es un éxito más la "diplomacia del caviar". Parlamentarios UE, investigadores y periodistas tienen los estómagos más agradecidos. @JotDownSpain
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🧵HILO | El principal responsable político de lo que ha pasado se llama Carlos Mazón Guixot, del Partido Popular y actual presidente de la Generalitat. En este hilo os doy algunas claves para los que quieran venir ahora a darle la vuelta a la cosa.
Hace más de un año escribí: "Alguien ahora trabaja duro para invalidar la información científica meteorológica en España. Alguien que tiene un plan. "
Podría ser útil para cualquiera que se pregunte para qué sirve demandar a la directora de @AEMET_Esp
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Recordemos que la Comunitat Valenciana va a dejar de ingresar 495 millones de euros en 2024 por las rebajas de impuestos a los ricos.
De hecho, es la autonomías que más dejará de ingresar en este ejercicio por las reducciones de impuestos.
Pero pide donaciones.
Son impresionante estos mapas de @esme_mys:
En 1956 apenas había casas construidas en las zonas inundables actuales 🟦. Había muchos cultivos, por riego y por seguridad. Mirad (y hacer zoom):
En EL MUNDO, EL PAÍS, El Diario y ABC te cuentan que dos empresarios famosos están desaparecidos. Ahora, para enterarte que 5 trabajadores de Consum de Paiporta están muertos, tienes que irte al New York Times. Leed prensa internacional sobre España estos días, vais a flipar.