Aston Villa suspend chief executive Keith Wyness amid ‘threat of winding-up order’ over missed tax payment
The club’s owner and chairman Tony Xia has assumed Wyness’s responsibilities
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Your support makes all the difference.Aston Villa have suspended their chief executive Keith Wyness amid reports that the club have been told they will be served a winding-up order by HMRC should they not rectify a missed tax payment within the next week.
Villa, who lost to Fulham in the Championship play-off final at Wembley last month, missed a tax payment, according to Sky News city editor Mark Kleinman.
He tweeted: “Exclusive: Aston Villa Football Club suspends CEO Keith Wyness less than a fortnight after Championship play-off final defeat and amid suggestions that HMRC has served a winding-up order against Villa, one of England’s oldest professional football clubs, for missing tax payment.
“Some more clarity on Aston Villa FC situation: the club missed a tax payment last Friday, and has been given a period (which I understand to be a week) by HMRC to make the payment or face a winding-up order.”
The club’s owner and chairman Tony Xia has assumed Wyness’s responsibilities, and Villa have said they will not comment further.
An HMRC spokesperson said: “We do not discuss identifiable taxpayers.
“We will always do everything we can to support taxpayers facing difficulty paying what they owe.”
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