Sunday, February 5, 2012

Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Appeals Against $1.85 Million Tax Bill

For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is appealing against a 1.85-million dollar tax bill. Chinese authorities are putting the outspoken artist in a tricky bind—slapping him with a huge fine, and confiscating his accounting records, so he's unable to check the allegations. The design firm of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei has filed an appeal against a 1.85-million dollar tax bill. Company lawyer Pu Zhiqiang said Ai's wife submitted the appeal with the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau on Wednesday. Ai's wife, Lu Qing is the legal representative of his company, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Limited. The appeal requires proof of the alleged tax evasion and a reassessment of the case. But, Chinese authorities have not returned the accounting records they seized from Ai during his detention. This has put the company in a bind because it's unable to check the allegations. Chinese tax authorities are demanding Ai to pay more than three-quarters of a million US dollars in back taxes and 1.1-million more in fines. Ai received the notice on Monday but he refused to sign the documents. Ai was informed he had three days to appeal. Pu told the Associated Press that the allegations in the notice are ambiguous. No years were specified for the violations, or what kind of tax was evaded—"corporate tax, income tax, or something else." Ai who is critical of the Chinese regime and its suppression of civil ...



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