Company representatives accused of instructing tax evasion, etc. Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau November 11, 18:53
A company and representative from Nagoya City, who had been instructing individual business owners to evade taxes by holding seminars such as "Teaching how to save taxes," were accused by the national tax authorities on suspicion of violating the Corporate Tax Law.
We are investigating the actual situation because it is suspected that we received about 1 billion yen as a commission.
The accusations were made by Nagoya City consultant company "LSI Holdings" and Yuta Shimobayashi (38).
According to the people concerned, Shimobayashi held seminars in various places from five years ago, saying, "There is a way to save taxes," and signed contracts with small and medium-sized enterprises and sole proprietors to teach them how to hide their income. about it.
The Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau did not file the tax filing necessary for the company and Shimobayashi, who had received a large fee, and was suspected of violating the Corporate Tax Law, which evaded about 60 million yen. I filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office on suspicion.
According to the people concerned, LSI is suspected to have received about 1 billion yen as a commission from customers nationwide, and it is believed that Shimobayashi used it for purchasing luxury cars and traveling abroad.
The national tax authorities are proceeding with additional taxation on nearly 1,000 customers who have been instructed, and are investigating the actual situation in detail.
The man who received the instruction "To explain"
A man working in IT who participated in a seminar on tax savings held by LSI responded to NHK's interview.
Mr. Shimobayashi directly called out and explained that "I will prepare the money myself, so if I transfer it, I can record it as an expense and save tax."
The man said, "The other person actually brought a lot of cash, took it and transferred it to the account as instructed. Now that I think about it, it felt strange."
The man followed the procedure according to the instructions, but last year, he was pointed out that he had not filed a tax return because he had recorded a fictitious expense after undergoing a tax audit by the national tax authorities, and he was charged an additional tax of about 5 million yen including the heavy additional tax.
The man said, "I think it's because I didn't know about taxes, but the other person repeatedly said that it was'legal', so I just took it for granted."
Attorney attorney familiar with the technique "Absolutely a trap for illegal and good stories"
How did you actually guide your income hiding?
According to people familiar with the matter, the former president gave the customer cash in advance along with the invoice and transferred it to an account he manages under the guise of "consulting costs."
By doing this, he explained that "the transferred money can be recorded as an expense and saves tax", and the customer who responded was charged a fee.
Attorney Masahiro Sugiyama, who is familiar with this technique, points out that it is clearly illegal.
Attorney Sugiyama said, "In the seminar, the representative said,'I've earned 1.02 billion, but I've never paid a single yen. Thanks to this scheme.'" There are places where we are incorporating it. ”He said, and made him trust him. It's a fraudulent method if you think calmly, but it seems that many people believed it at seminars and so on.”
He also points out that "good stories always have traps. Even if you are invited to a seminar, it is important to think properly and then act, such as by consulting with the people around you."