A former representative of a company in Tokyo that sells trading cards for popular anime hides his income by pretending to have purchased a large number of so-called "rare cards" that are traded at high prices, and evades about 45 million yen in corporate tax and other taxes. I was accused by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on suspicion of doing so.
The accusations were ▼ Trading card sales company “Card Lab” headquartered in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo and ▼ Keiichiro Nishiura (47), the former representative of this company.
According to people involved, Gen Nishiura purchased a large number of so-called "rare cards" from acquaintances, among the trading cards of the popular anime "Yu-Gi-Oh" and "Pocket Monsters", which are sold at high prices such as 100,000 yen each. It means that there is a suspicion that the company's income was low by pretending to be like that.
The inspection department of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has accused the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of hiding income of 153 million yen and evading about 45 million yen in corporate tax and other taxes in the three years until October last year.
According to the people involved, Nishiura former representative used the illegally obtained funds for entertainment expenses and living expenses.
In response to NHK's interview, Card Lab said, "We are very sorry to have caused you a great deal of concern. We have completed amended tax returns and paid taxes in accordance with the guidance of the national tax authorities, and are sincere in preventing recurrence and in-house education. I will work on it, ”he commented.
“Card games and trading cards” sales increased 45%
According to the Japan Toy Association, an industry group made up of domestic toy makers, domestic sales of "card games and trading cards" last year amounted to 178.2 billion yen, accounting for about 20% of the total toy sales in Japan. increase.
The sales amount was about 56 billion yen, a 45% increase from the previous fiscal year, and the Japan Toy Association believes that the so-called nest demand has increased due to the influence of the new corona.
According to Card Lab, sales for the January term were 5.2 billion yen, and business performance is growing along with the expansion of the trading card market as a whole.