Editing Franz Beckenbauer (section)

===Tax issues===
In 1976, Beckenbauer paid 1.6 million D-Marks in back taxes. He had relied on advice to shelter income from tax using a financial structure which was later found to be invalid. In this instance, he was not fined.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/franz-beckenbauer-was-droht-ihm-in-der-dfb-affaere-a-1062234.html | title = Licht weg. Nur noch Gestalt. | language = de | website = Der Spiegel | date = 11 November 2015 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | first1 = Benjamin | last1 = Knaack | first2 = Lukas | last2 = Rilke}}</ref> He claimed in his memoir that the Bavarian Finance Minister Ludwig Huber, who had attended Beckenbauer's 30th birthday party in 1975, had given him tax advice, including about moving to Switzerland. Huber was also president of the state-owned bank and approved a loan of 1 million D-Marks to enable him to pay the back-taxes.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://taz.de/Der-FC-Bayern-und-der-Freistaat/!5653363/ | title = Mia san Steuerhinterzieher | language = de | newspaper = Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date = 5 January 2020 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | last1 = Schlötterer | first1 = Wilhelm }}</ref>

In 1982, Beckenbauer moved to Austria, where tax rates were lower.<ref name ="Independent_1" /> In 1987, Beckenbauer was fined by Swiss authorities for evading taxes while living in Switzerland between 1977 and 1980.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/24/sports/sports-people-beckenbauer-fined.html | title = SPORTS PEOPLE; Beckenbauer Fined | website = The New York Times | date = 24 October 1987 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref>