Bayern boss dodged more taxes than originally thought

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness may have evaded even more taxes than the €18.5m he admitted to in court, an expert witness has said.

A tax fraud investigator told the Munich state court that she estimates Hoeness owes at least €23.7m in taxes he avoided through an undeclared Swiss bank account, the dpa news agency reported.

The investigator was heard as a witness because she has been tasked with examining 70,000 pages of documentation recently submitted by Hoeness’ defence team.

A verdict initially had been expected on Thursday but the court said more hearings might be scheduled to hear further witnesses.

Prosecutors had originally charged Hoeness with evading €3.5m in taxes, but he admitted to much more yesterday, saying he wanted all facts “transparently on the table”.

Hoeness faces punishment ranging from a fine to 10 years in prison if found guilty, and judges could consider his confession a mitigating factor in deciding the sentence.

The 62-year-old Hoeness, who was part of West Germany’s 1974 World Cup-winning squad, reported himself to authorities last year.