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What was handed over from the National Tax Agency to the prosecutors, and from the prosecutors to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
北村厚熊本国税局長、鹿児島地検次席検事、外務省とは 報道では、鹿児島地検と熊本国税局の発表に基づき、中野爵喜被告を起訴したこと、さらに、国外へ移住したとされる「共犯者」について、鹿児島地検が外務省へ旅券返納命令を要請したことまで、具体的に... -
Questioning the "addition" of the national tax pursuing Defendant Tamaki Nakano, Mr. Makoto Watanabe, and Mr. Satoshi Saito
Former Ryugasaki Tax Office official Yasunari Matsuo suspected of evading about 135 million yen in taxes. Former Ryugasaki Tax Office official Yasunari Matsuo in Ibaraki Prefecture has been accused of violating the Income Tax Act on suspicion of failing to declare approximately 334 million yen in income, including boat racing payouts, and evading approximately 135 million yen in income tax. Also... -
The IRS-manufactured perversion that "getting arrested gets it over with faster"
The aftermath of an inspection investigation that insists on face-to-face meetings, fails to verify documents, and ultimately dumps the case on the prosecutors: There are significant institutional differences between a National Tax Agency inspection investigation and criminal interrogation by prosecutors. In an inspection investigation by the regional tax bureau, there is no system in place to notify taxpayers of their right to remain silent in the same sense as criminal procedures... -
The dangers of investigations where the administration avoids making decisions and only the national tax authorities and prosecutors step forward
After requesting the passport revocation order, was the accomplice able to be arrested? It is reported that the Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a passport revocation order for an accomplice believed to have emigrated overseas. According to reports, through a joint investigation with the Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau, Tamaki Nakano was indicted, and regarding another accomplice... -
Transform arrest into the starting point of visualization
The new monitoring model for inspection and prosecutor interrogations built by the National Tax Union: Even though taxpayers who underwent national tax investigations did not engage in face-to-face questioning, which carries no legal obligation, but instead appointed legal representatives and continued to provide explanations through written documents and objective materials, they were subsequently dumped by the National Tax Agency onto the prosecutors... -
[Verification] Seizure of Children's Desks, Household Furniture, and Even Air Conditioners - Two Years of Seizure of Movable Property Leading to the Return of All Assets and Issues Under the National Tax Collection Act
It is reported that the seizure of movable property suffered by the representative of a corporation ultimately resulted in the release and return of all seized movable property after about two years. Items such as a child's study desk, a dining table, a kotatsu, air conditioning equipment, means of communication, and even movable property required for medical purposes were reportedly targeted for seizure. If this test... -
[National Tax Union Statement] To Director Atsushi Kitamura of the Kumamoto Regional Tax Bureau—"Progress in Audits Without In-Person Inspections" and a Legal Argument That Stands on the Side of Taxpayers
Regarding this tax investigation being conducted under the command of Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau Director Atsushi Kitamura, our union raises several important points purely from a legal perspective. ■ The authorities' explanation changed before and after the change of personnel in charge. In this case, before and after the change of personnel, the authorities' stance regarding the seized items... -
[National Tax Union Statement] Regarding the Groundbreaking Decision by Atsushi Kitamura, Director of the Kumamoto Regional Tax Office, to “Proceed with an Audit Without an In-Person Inspection”—Taxpayers Watch His Leadership with Sincere Respect
The tax inspection investigation by the Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau has finally entered a historic phase. Our union records this groundbreaking development with heartfelt respect. ■ What happened before and out after the change in personnel: The former lead inspector, Nobuhiro Kawaguchi, told the taxpayer, who was requesting the return of confiscated items, "Returning...". -
[National Tax Union Statement] To the Kumamoto Regional Tax Bureau: Operations that use "assigned personnel system" and "transfers" as shields will no longer be accepted.
Regarding the handling of a certain case by the Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau, our union formally raises an issue. The point of contention is simple. Rather than having the head (the Director-General) take the lead, the Regional Taxation Bureau thoroughly implements a "person-in-charge system" where field staff handle all in-person audits on their behalf. Moreover, these staff members are frequently transferred... -
[National Tax Union Statement] To those labeled as "tax evaders," and those forced to say things during investigations—indefinite investigations are an indefinite right to pursuit for taxpayers as well.
The Internal Revenue Service's Investigation Department, the so-called "Marusa" (meaning "comprehensive service"). People who have been targeted by their investigations and, without any finalized disposition or judgment, have been treated effectively as "tax evaders" and had their human rights trampled upon, are now beginning to raise their voices. And there is another group of people who have been forced into silence for a long time...
