Rome – The investigation against Francesco Totti, accused of failure to declare VAT, is heading towards archiving: the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has in fact presented a request for archiving for the former Roma captain, following the conclusion of the investigation conducted by the Guardia di Finanza into his accounts.
The investigation concerned some advertising appearances carried out by the former number 10, for which he would not have opened a VAT number, even though the commercials were a continuous activity for him. The initial debt amounted to a few thousand euros, but over the course of five years, between penalties and interest, had risen to 900 thousand euros.
The fact that the request for archiving was decisive for the fact that Totti has taken care of paying off the debt with the Treasury. In recent months, his lawyers, Gianluca Tognozzi and Antonio Conte, had presented a defensive memory to the magistrates, reconstructing the entire affair. Precisely on the basis of this documentation, the Prosecutor's Office has decided to close the case, now entrusting the final decision to the investigating judge of Rome.
Article published on March 31, 2025 - 14pm
It's interesting how Totti's situation was resolved this way, but there are many questions that remain unanswered. Why did it take five years to reach this conclusion? And the fines, were they fair?