Capirossi hit with multi-million tax bill.

According to reports from Italy, Ducati Marlboro MotoGP star Loris Capirossi has been presented with a multi-million euro tax bill after inspectors 'disproved his claim that he lived in Monaco'.

The ANSA news agency states that Capirossi had avoided paying taxes to the Italian authorities on 8-million euros earned between 1995 and 1998 by claiming that his official residence was in Monaco.

However, tax inspectors declared that he had actually continued living in Italy and proved their case with evidence that the 32-year-old former world champion had paid local ownership taxes on a coast side villa in Ravenna and had continued to use five accounts with Italian banks.

Capirossi was found to have evaded both income tax and VAT on sponsorship deals during those four-years - with the VAT alone amounting to 1.5-million euros - but the authorities have not yet revealed exactly how much Loris will have to pay in back taxes and fines for late payment.