China News Service, Hangzhou, December 21 (Wang Titi) Web anchor Wei Ya evaded taxes, which caused heated discussions on the Internet for a while.
On December 21, a lawyer stated that the administrative punishment of Wei Ya's tax case has guiding significance for regulating the taxation order of the live broadcast industry, and is of sufficient warning significance for maintaining tax authority and for the development of emerging industries such as live broadcast.
On the 20th, the Taxation Department of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province announced the results of tax evasion and tax evasion of the network anchor Huang Wei (screen name: Wei Ya).
Huang Wei falsely declared tax evasion by concealing personal income and changing the nature of the income by fictitious business. He was charged with tax recovery according to law, plus late fees and fined a total of 1.341 billion yuan.
It is reported that this case is another major case recently exposed by the tax authorities.
While the live broadcast industry is developing rapidly and the anchors are making a lot of money, tax evasion is not uncommon.
Prior to this, Internet celebrity anchors Xue Li and Lin Shanshan have been punished for tax evasion.
In this regard, Ruan Fangmin, a professor of criminal law at the Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University, said that from the recent tax evasion of movie stars and Internet celebrity anchors, there is one thing in common, that is, the income is extremely high, far exceeding the income of some small and medium enterprises or even large enterprises.
At the same time, they are individuals, not companies, and the cost is not high.
Therefore, in the view of Ruan Fangming, one or more super-high tax rates should be set for the taxation of this category of people.
Students from a school in Zhejiang are conducting live streaming with the goods.
Photo by Tong Xiaoyu
The webcasting industry, as a new economy and new business format, has achieved rapid development in China.
However, because the speed of supervision has not kept up with the rapid development of emerging industries such as webcasting, the industry has been in a regulatory gap.
"Government regulatory agencies must not lack the supervision of emerging industries and new business formats due to lack of experience and basis." Said Cai Yanggan, director of Zhejiang Kaize Law Firm.
This time, Wei Ya’s tax violations were filed and investigated by the tax authorities. In Cai Yanggan’s view, this shows that the tax authorities have attached importance to and continue to regulate tax compliance supervision in areas such as webcasting and emerging industries.
He believes that the administrative penalties of Wei Ya's tax-related cases have guiding significance for regulating the taxation order of the live broadcast industry, and are of sufficient warning significance for maintaining tax authority and for the development of emerging industries such as live broadcast.
Cai Yanggan also reminded operators and anchors in the live broadcast industry that they should have a clear understanding of Wei Ya’s warnings on tax-related penalties, that is, the taxation department will be the norm to strengthen the supervision of tax violations in emerging industries such as live broadcast, and social professional whistleblowers It will also shift the past product quality, the supervision of illegal use of banned advertisements, and the direction of reporting to emerging industries such as live broadcasting.
In order to fundamentally avoid subsequent similar tax evasion incidents, Wang Baichuan, a lawyer at Zhejiang Jinfeng Law Firm, suggested that webcast practitioners should declare truthfully, pay taxes truthfully, strictly abide by tax collection and management laws and regulations, and choose legal and effective tax avoidance methods.
At the same time, Cai Yanggan also hopes that the administrative penalties of Wei Ya's tax-related cases can provide reference for local and tax authorities at all levels and other administrative agencies to perform their duties, and strengthen the quality of products and services and labor for emerging industries and new formats such as live broadcasting. Administrative guidance and supervision on employment, monopoly, unfair competition, advertising, etc. promote the healthy and orderly development of emerging industries such as live broadcasting.
As for how to strengthen, Cai Yanggan suggested that tax authorities at all levels and levels in the future should strengthen tax administrative guidance and administrative supervision on live broadcasts and other emerging industries and new formats, establish the concept of supervision first, punishment supplemented, and set up live broadcasts when necessary. The taxation of emerging industries has built-in regulatory agencies to reduce tax sources and tax losses in emerging industries such as live broadcasting, fully guarantee tax fairness, and give full play to the tax adjustment function.
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