Core Viewpoint - The article discusses a tax evasion case involving Chen Zhen, a well-known online car reviewer, who underreported his income and misclassified revenue to evade personal income tax totaling 1.1867 million yuan from 2021 to 2023 [2][4]. Group 1: Tax Evasion Details - Chen Zhen, a prominent figure in the car review industry with over 10 million followers, reported a total income of only around 1 million yuan annually, which was inconsistent with his online popularity [4]. - Tax authorities discovered that Chen claimed to have completed self-assessment and paid back taxes for 2023, but further investigation revealed that this was only for that year, leaving other years unaddressed [4][5]. - Investigators found that from 2021 to early 2022, Chen withdrew 1.5725 million yuan from a third-party payment platform as advertising service fees without reporting it for tax [5]. Group 2: Methods of Evasion - In 2022, Chen established a personal cultural and creative studio, which was essentially a shell entity with no actual office or employees, to misreport his income as business revenue [5][6]. - Chen misclassified 2.3 million yuan of personal income as revenue for this shell studio, employing a method of "conversion of income nature" to reduce tax liabilities [6]. - Following a thorough investigation, tax authorities imposed a total penalty of 2.4748 million yuan, which included back taxes, late fees, and fines, all of which have been collected [7].
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中国基金报·2025-12-05 16:14