CATDOLL: Will a famous Japanese light novel writer spend 10 years in jail for tax evasion of 30 million yen?

Japan is a country with high taxation, and the penalties for tax evasion in Japan are very severe. In the past, there have been cases where the county government in Japan auctioned off the property of tax evaders. Ordinary people cannot evade taxes, and some novelists and cartoonists with high incomes cannot do so even more. However, the tax issues of such authors are generally handled by the publishing house, so there will not be any problems. However, if you set up your own company and are responsible for the copyright yourself, you need to pay attention to tax issues yourself. Recently, Maki Orange, the author of the popular Japanese light novels "The Devil and the Brave" and "Log Horizon", was formally prosecuted by the Japanese prosecutors for tax evasion in court because he was previously exposed to have evaded 30 million yen (about 1.58445 million yuan) in taxes.

Maki Okino's real name is Daisuke Umezu. She is 42 years old. Generally, the copyright and tax of light novel authors are handed over to the library where they work, but Maki Okino has established her own copyright management company. As of 2014, In March of this year, his copyright company's account already had 120 million yen in copyright income, but Maki Orange was exposed by the Tokyo National Tax Bureau of Japan for intending to conceal this part of the income and evade taxes, and the amount of tax evasion was as high as 30 million yen. After the incident broke out in April this year, Maki Orange faced reporters' inquiries and said, "I have paid everything I should pay, and I have no comment." This time, the Japanese prosecutor's office directly prosecuted Maki Orange for tax evasion of 30 million. It seems that Maki Orange has no energy to write recently. Maki Orange has violated the Japanese Corporate Tax Law, which is equivalent to a company's tax evasion. According to Japanese law, it can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 10 years, or a fine of not more than 10 million yen. Of course, there are also cases of imprisonment and fines, and the taxes owed must also be paid. Perhaps in a few days we will hear the news that Maki Orange has been found guilty and needs to be imprisoned.