Anime Studio ufotable, Founder Hikaru Kondo Formally Indicted With Evading 137 Million Yen in Taxes
Ufotable fukkery
"The special investigation department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office issued a formal indictment on Friday to anime studio
ufotable and ufotable's founder, representative director, and president
Hikaru Kondo on the
charge of violating the Corporation Tax Act and Consumption Tax Act.
They allegedly failed to pay 137 million yen (about US$1.24 million) in taxes.
In a statement on its website on Friday, ufotable acknowledged the indictment, and gave assurances that the company had already filed a corrected tax return and paid the appropriate amount.
The Kyodo news service reported that the written indictment specified that ufotable allegedly owes 109 million yen (about US$990,000) in corporate tax from 2015 to 2018, and 28 million yen (about US$254,400) in consumption tax from September 2014 to August 2018.
Previous reports by The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper last year claimed that Kondo purportedly hid about 30% of the proceeds from some of ufotable's anime-themed restaurants in Tokyo and stored them in a private safe at home. Those reports said that ufotable allegedly owed 139 million yen (about US$1.28 million) in taxes at the time while the investigation was developing."
Bungeishunju's Weekly Bunshun Digital magazine
reported in April 2019 that ufotable allegedly owes 400 million yen (about US$3.57 million) in taxes, citing a source from the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau. The report noted that ufotable is suspected of supposedly misappropriating funds raised from a charity auction for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, a violation of the Penal Code that carries a potential prison sentence of no more than 10 years. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
conducted a search of ufotable's offices earlier in March that year as part of an investigation, but did not end up filing charges. "
They paid it back in full now. Although I'm not a DS fan, if they didn't have mugen train's profits, this could have been a very
situation for them.
Worth it for the production value.
Their animations did seem like they had unlimited budget. Hopefully they can keep it rolling. Can't let @the taxman stop the Ufotable da gawds.
"My sister is STILL dead. Your not in charge of Toman. Did ANYTHING happen?"
"I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE!"
