Tax: What if Ousmane Dembélé had transferred the 200,000 euros to his mother in an African account?

In 2017, footballer Ousmane Dembélé transferred 200,000 euros to his mother, Fatimata Dembélé, for her fortieth birthday. The French tax authorities consider this transfer not as a gift, but as taxable income, on the grounds that the beneficiary was then working for a company managing the player’s image. The transfer, made six months after the…...