Chinese celebrities have ten days to pay taxes

China’s tax authorities have set a 10-day deadline for celebrities to pay their taxes in a government-sponsored campaign to tighten control over celebrity excesses and tax evasion.

Chinese authorities have launched a major strategy to crack down on tax evasion and “immoral” behavior by the entertainment industry, targeting some of the country’s biggest stars.

Local treasuries in several Chinese entertainment capitals such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have told their celebrities they must declare all their income by the end of the year to avoid severe penalties, according to a report released by the government on Wednesday. fair (23).

“If self-inspection and self-correction are still rejected (…) or are not exhaustive, the tax department will seriously deal with it,” warned the provincial tax office of Guangzhou (southeast) in a statement.

On Monday (20), China’s live broadcast queen, Huang Wei, received a record fine of $200 million (BRL 1.14 billion) for tax evasion. A day later, its accounts of nearly 110 million followers on social media had been closed.

In August, actress Zheng Shuang was fined US$46 million (BRL 263.1 million), and interpreter Fan Bingbing, who appeared in the X-Men saga, has been in a difficult situation since 2018 by another scandal. tax evasion.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said it had “zero tolerance” for tax evasion and “high wages” for entertainment professionals.

Chinese regulatory authorities that monitor the Internet often order the closing of accounts on the network of people who have fallen from favor with the communist regime that rules the country.

In this context, CCTV public television today announced the launch of a two-month “chaos rectification” campaign on the Internet. It will primarily target live broadcasts, a modality often used by “influencers”.