Zheng Shuang was punished!
Fines and late fees such as $299 million could teach others who want to break the law.
However, for public figures in the entertainment industry with social influence, it is too conniving to only keep the bottom line of not breaking the law.
Zheng Shuang had no objections
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Early on the morning of the 27th, the tax department released information saying that Zheng Shuang concealed the "sky-high film remuneration" by splitting income and using capital increases, failing to declare personal income of 191 million yuan in accordance with the law, evading 45.2696 million yuan in taxes, and other underpaid taxes of 26.5207 million yuan.
Accordingly, the tax authorities recovered Zheng Shuang's taxes, collected late fees and imposed fines totaling 299 million yuan.
In addition, Zhang Heng and Related Enterprises, who are still fighting custody lawsuits with Zheng Shuang, are suspected of planning and helping Zheng Shuang evade taxes, and will also be dealt with according to law.
Regarding the tax department's penalty decision, Zheng Shuang did not raise objections, saying that he would not reconsider and not prosecute, and had paid all taxes and late fees within the prescribed time limit.
The tax authorities are urging them to pay the fine within the prescribed time limit in accordance with the law.
As soon as the news came out, a number of official media issued articles expressing support for the tax department's decision.
Xinhua News Agency said that the investigation and handling of Zheng Shuang's case shows fairness and justice, and warns film and television practitioners to strengthen self-discipline.
Screenshot of the Xinhua news agency article
CCTV said that whoever dares to evade taxes will have to pay a heavy price.
CCTV said that tax evasion is not tolerated by the law, check you without consultation, and punish you with a basis!
In the face of the law, do not take chances, do not play the 'blindfold method', and still less can you act against the wind.
To safeguard the dignity of the law and maintain the order of tax collection and management, law enforcement departments have the determination and more means.
If it is said that being a person and acting seriously is the most basic moral cultivation of actors, then paying taxes according to law is the basic rule of law literacy.
If you play with fire again and again, you will bury your acting career and destroy your own image.
On the one hand, the majority of netizens continue to lament that it is really easy for the entertainment industry to make money, and on the other hand, they call on artists to keep the moral bottom line.
Some people also lament that it is too easy to make money in the entertainment industry, resulting in children wanting to debut as stars.
The performing arts industry in all countries has an insurmountable bottom line
There are many bad artists suspected of committing crimes this year.
Since January this year, a number of artists, including Zheng Shuang and Wu Yifan, have been suspected of committing crimes.
On August 16, the Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate of Beijing Municipality, after reviewing in accordance with law, approved the arrest of criminal suspect Wu Moufan on suspicion of rape.
After the Wu Yifan incident, Zhang Zhehan was immediately revealed that he had attended a friend's wedding at the Nogi Shrine in Japan at the end of 2019, and took a group photo with Mrs. Devi, a former Indonesian "first lady" who advocated splitting China and "supported Tibetan independence" and denied the Nanjing Massacre.
He also posted a number of photos of happy photos at the Yasukuni Shrine (below).
In fact, the performing arts industry in various countries has an insurmountable bottom line.
Whether it is Zheng Shuang's tax evasion and tax evasion, or Wu Yifan's suspected rape, or Zhang Zhehan's misconduct, if it occurs abroad, it will inevitably escape the fate of being punished by the law, criticized and resisted.
In the United States, actors, as a high-income group, have become the main target of IRS investigations.
If it is found to be illegal, the fine is a trivial matter, and many people are in prison for this.
In 2006, wesley Snipps, the famous American actor and actor of "Blade Warrior", was accused of not filing taxes for 6 years, owed a total of $12 million in taxes, and was finally sentenced to 3 years in prison by a judge.
Wesley Snipes
Richard Hatch, the winner of the first season of the American reality show Survivor, was sentenced to 51 months in prison without paying taxes after receiving a $1 million prize.
In the "Victory Gate" incident in the South Korean entertainment industry, Li Shengli announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry on charges of being involved in "sexual hospitality" and other crimes, and was terminated by his old owner YG Entertainment.
Lee Victory
Lee Shengli's friend and South Korean singer Jung Joon-young also announced his retirement from the entertainment industry because of his involvement in secretly filming and disseminating obscene and indecent videos.
In March 2019, South Korean President Moon Jae-in thoroughly investigated the "Victory Gate".
On July 1 this year, prosecutors demanded that Li Shengli be sentenced to five years in prison and fined 20 million won on suspicion of providing intermediary services for sex transactions to foreign investors.
In 2004, Lee Joong-joon, who was at the same time as top actresses such as Lee Young-ae and Kim Hee-sun, caused public outrage in South Korea for publishing a nude photo album on the theme of "comfort women".
South Korean comfort women victims publicly demanded that Lee Ande-juan and his brokerage company immediately cancel the release of photo albums, and many civic groups also shelled Lee for "peddling comfort women-themed portraits that sting national feelings for commercial benefits."
Afterwards, Lee apologized to the South Korean comfort women victims and promised to burn the original film of the photo album and cancel the release, but this was not enough to calm public opinion.
Since then, the image of Li Chengjuan, who was once a top actress, has plummeted, her career has fallen to the bottom, and she has almost been expelled from the show business circle.
European and American showbiz also have a "high-voltage line" that cannot be touched - the atrocities of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Anyone who dares to deny the history of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism will be boycotted or banned by the entire industry.
Former Hollywood A-list actor Mel Gibson, after a 2006 drunken drag race, made an anti-Semitic remark: "Damn Jews, they are responsible for all wars!" ”
Mel gibson
After the matter was reported by the media, Gibson, who was at the peak of his career, was almost banned by all studios, and only turned around more than a decade later with "Hacksaw Ridge".
The Internet age: the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility
When we honor old artists, we love to use "virtue and art double xin", but we have lowered the requirements for the new generation of stars, only hoping that they can consciously maintain a positive image while holding hundreds of millions of film remuneration and enjoying a hundred responses, and many fans feel that it is not illegal.
This is clearly a misalignment.
In the era of mobile Internet, we should pay more attention to "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility".
Even if they do not demand self-denial, they cannot indulge their temptations on the edge of law and public order and good customs.
In order to reverse this "moral mismatch", first of all, the entertainment industry must self-rectify and standardize, and the relevant departments of the state should also introduce specific measures to regulate it.
At the same time, public opinion can also form a sustained peripheral force to establish moral boundaries in places where the judiciary has not yet reached, so that these "coffee makers" can personally experience the pain of losing brand endorsements, losing the qualification to participate in film and television dramas and recording variety shows, in order to form a backward effect.
Source: Ring Time Deep Observation