The headquarters of the German Football Federation (DFB) in Frankfurt were raided on Monday by tax officials investigating a suspicion of tax evasion by referees. The DFB confirmed tax officials had come to "inspect documents concerning refereeing" and the background to the sudden visit is a suspicion league referees had not properly declared revenue earned for officiating friendly games.
General Secretary Wolfgang Niersbach said the DFB was not under investigation. "There are no allegations against the DFB," Niersbach told daily newspaper Express. "We will assist the tax officials in the investigation with all their inquiries. "The correct taxation of income earned is down to each referee to declare themselves."