First, please learn the name of the system soon. We can talk after that.
Members of the media, and members of the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office who are leaking investigative information to the outside.
The system in question this time is not the "Angel Tax System."
The official name is the "Angel Tax System."
Both the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the National Tax Agency consistently use the term "angel tax system" (Angel Zeisei). The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry provides information on the "angel tax system" as a tax measure to promote investment in startups, explaining the official procedures ranging from the issuance of confirmation certificates by prefectures and other bodies to the final tax return. The National Tax Agency also publishes the system under the same name as "Overview of the Angel Tax System."
This is not petty nitpicking.
If the system itself is at the core of the criminal case, getting the name of the system right is the bare minimum starting point.
If media outlets are broadcasting the non-existent institutional name "Angel Tax System" just as they heard it from investigative sources (such as Prosecutor Kobayashi or Prosecutor Yamaguchi), the problem is not merely a typo.
This is because we should suspect the possibility that the information source itself does not accurately understand the system.
1 Do people who get the name of the system wrong really understand what "abuse of the system" entails?
In this incident,
exploited the angel tax system
Refluxed
"It was a kickback."
Extremely strong words like that are being used.
However, if there are stakeholders who refer to this system as the “Angel Tax System,” the Prosecutors’ Union has a very straightforward question.
If they don’t even accurately understand the name of the system, which provisions, requirements, and verification procedures did they examine to conclude that it constituted “abuse”?
If I don't even have the brain to remember things, there's no way I could have the brain to think.
The Angel Tax System isn't something that can be summed up in a single line as simply "a system where you pay less tax if you invest."
Requirements for Portfolio Companies.
Investor requirements.
Acquisition of shares through payment.
Confirmation by prefectures, etc.
Issuance of a Confirmation Letter.
Attachments to the tax return.
Pre-investment confirmation in some cases.
The benefits vary depending on the program.
There is this series of institutional structures.
If you understand these things and have judged it to be "abuse," then naturally you should be able to handle the name of the system accurately as well.
If someone gets the name wrong while completely understanding the purpose of the system, that is quite an advanced skill.
At the very least, I would like to ask that the public be given an explanation of how those abilities were demonstrated.
2 Prosecutor Yamaguchi, Prosecutor Kobayashi, are you really investigating the "angel tax system" case?
The Prosecutors' Union has received multiple reports regarding the interrogations conducted by Prosecutors Yamaguchi and Kobayashi, as well as their related remarks.
Of course, hearsay needs to be confirmed with the person in question.
However, the most important thing in this case is that the prosecutor in charge,
The Formal Structure of the Angel Tax System
Competent Administrative Agency
Verification Procedures by Prefectures and Other Entities
Confirmation After Payment
Documents Required for Filing a Tax Return
What specific prohibitions actually apply to reinvestment and follow-on transactions?
the point is how specifically they understand this before conducting the interrogation.
If you even recognize the name of the system as the "Angel Tax System," I am quite concerned.
This is not an English class where we say "angel" because it's "tenshi."
This is a criminal case in which the authorities are detaining a citizen and seeking to prosecute them for violating the Income Tax Act.
The accuracy of a system’s name is a very straightforward test question that measures how thoroughly you have researched that system.
Getting the very first question wrong,
"You took advantage of the system, didn't you?"
Even if you tell us that, as citizens,
Teacher, please read the cover of the textbook first.
It makes me want to say that.
3. Everyone at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, if you're so confident in leaking information, at least leak it accurately.
Even more serious is the fact that the Prosecutors Union has continuously received information—not just this time, but on an ongoing basis—that investigative information from within the National Tax Agency and the Public Prosecutors Office is leaking to the outside.
Our union has long raised concerns about the possibility that investigative information regarding cases involving the Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office and the Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau was also leaked to NHK.
This point should not be treated at this time as having been definitively certified by a public institution.
That is precisely why news organizations, including NHK, should normally
From whom and what kind of materials were obtained
How pre-trial investigative information was corroborated
"Have you received information from the National Tax Agency or prosecutors?"
I would like to ask for a basic explanation of that kind.
There is also the fact that when our union sought clarification from NHK, we did not receive a sufficient explanation.
News organizations have an important principle known as the confidentiality of news sources.
However, the ability to protect sources is a different matter from passing on misinformation without verifying it.
If you want to protect your sources, it’s all the more important to verify the information itself accurately.
If you hear the term “Angel Tax System,” just do a quick search and you’ll find out what it is.
You can see "Angel tax system" in one second by opening the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry page.
If they're releasing information about a criminal case without even verifying that, then,
Before protecting the sources, please protect the quality of the information.
4. Hey, old media, the prosecutor's office isn't your only news source.
Media outlets sometimes call getting information from the National Tax Agency or the public prosecutor's office "exclusive reporting."
Of course, I have no intention of denying that in itself.
Investigating reporting on investigative agencies is important.
However, simply obtaining information from law enforcement agencies does not mean you have a full understanding of the case.
Because investigative agencies are a party to the case.
The suspect's side.
Defense counsel.
Company official
Investor.
Administrative officer.
Certified Public Accountant
Tax accountant.
Shareholder
Regulatory agency in charge of the system
Only by covering these can we get closer to the full picture of the incident.
For the angel tax system, please first read the explanation of the system by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Please also read the National Tax Agency's explanation of the system.
Furthermore,
The prosecution says this.
Meanwhile, the published materials from the side administering the system say this:
The party concerned has this counterproof.
reports
That is the news.
It is not about turning the words heard from the prosecutor directly into subtitles on the screen.
In reality, even when false reports regarding the angel tax system are being made, managing even that is beyond the capabilities of the National Tax Agency and the public prosecutors.
5 If it's the Prosecutors' Union, they'll teach you the difference between the "Angel Tax System" and the "Angel Tax System" for free.
Therefore, I have a proposal for you in the old media.
The prosecutors' union is available for interviews.
I am confident that I can convey the name of the system more accurately than Prosecutors Yamaguchi and Kobayashi.
At least,
It is not the "Anzeru tax system." It is the "Angel tax system."
I can help you from that first step.
And it is free.
I will also send the page from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
I will also send the National Tax Agency page.
I will also explain the procedure for confirming the system.
I will also explain that the capital increase registration and the criminal evaluation are separate issues.
I will also explain that the legal relationship cannot be determined by the single word "funneling" alone.
Of course, where there is rationality in the prosecution's arguments, I will introduce that as well.
Because what journalism needs is not to become a spokesperson for either side.
6 The misspelling "Angel Tax System" is actually quite symbolic.
We can just laugh off this recent mistake as a mere katakana issue and be done with it.
However, the prosecutors' union is taking it a bit more seriously.
In this matter, up to now,
reflux
kickback
Dormancy
Fictional
abuse
Such provocative and easy-to-understand words tend to take precedence.
However, for each word,
what it means legally
Which article is it based on?
Based on what evidence was this established?
That explanation doesn't seem quite sufficient.
To top it all off, there is the "Angel Tax System."
Assuming even the name of the system itself was vague,
It's not just that you got the difficult parts wrong; you've been doing it wrong from the very beginning.
There is a possibility.
What is terrifying about criminal cases is not just getting difficult legal interpretations wrong.
It is reading a massive amount of evidence to fit the initial premise while getting that premise wrong.
This person misused it
If I put that conclusion first,
Even the administrative confirmation looks suspicious.
The capital increase registration also looks suspicious.
Consulting also seems fictitious.
Subsequent transactions also look like kickbacks.
And in the end,
Even if you don't remember the exact name of the system,
Anyway, it was a bad use of the system.
Only the story remains.
This is the most dangerous.
7 Just three requests for news organizations to confirm
If you are going to report on this incident in the future, please verify at least three things.
First.
The name of the system is the Angel Tax System.
Second.
Please distinguish whether "funneling," "kickback," and "misappropriation" mentioned in the article are the prosecution's theory or facts recognized by the court.
Third.
Please also interview the government agency in charge of the system, the administrative agency that conducted the confirmation, the investors, and the parties involved.
Even just this makes a big difference in the accuracy of the article.
8 Only one homework assignment, which I would also like to ask Prosecutor Kobayashi and Prosecutor Yamaguchi to do
I also have a request for Prosecutor Yamaguchi and Prosecutor Kobayashi.
Before the next interrogation, please open the official website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at least once.
There, in a big way,
Angel tax system
It says.
Furthermore,
Which system did you use?
Which requirement was not met?
Which application is false?
Which payment is fraudulent?
Which subsequent transactions are fictitious?
Which article does it violate?
Please explain that one by one.
That is all the people want.
Conclusion: Let's call the angels by their correct names.
The prosecutors union does not exist solely to criticize the prosecution.
If there are crimes that exploit the system, please prove them rigorously.
If there are any fraudulent refunds, please investigate.
If there are fictitious transactions, please show the evidence.
However, to do that first,
Please accurately understand the targeted system.
It is not the "Angel Tax System."
Angel tax system
Even those who leak information.
Even those who write the articles.
The ones making the arrests, too.
The interrogators too.
It starts right here from now.
And to everyone in the old media.
If you are not satisfied with just the information from investigative agencies, please also interview the Prosecutors Union.
I will tell you the exact name of the system.
I will also check the primary sources.
I will also present a rebuttal.
We will also examine the prosecution's arguments.
If you are confident in your sources, there is all the more reason not to be afraid to cross-check them with other sources.
We are not running away.
I also answer questions.
At least,
It is the angel tax system.
I can give an immediate answer to something like that.
