I know part of his art is living through the struggles he goes through in China as a free thinking artist…. but seriously, he needs to move to America.
View →About 15 minutes ago, Ai Weiwei publishes photo of himself on Google+ with various tax documents and statement about his tax case with the Chinese authorities.
Here is the Google translate translation of the Chinese text into English:
Beverages of the tax guarantee issued class description of the company
Beijing Local Taxation Bureau made the second lesson of the company’s Audit Bureau issued a “Decision on the tax treatment” and “tax administrative penalty decision” whether from the procedure or from the entity are unjust, is unacceptable, the company issued class decided to initiate an administrative review by law and subject to review results to decide whether the people’s court. “Tax Administration Law,” provides that “the taxpayer with the tax authorities in the event of a dispute on the tax must be determined in accordance with the tax authorities of tax from the date of receipt of the punishment decision within fifteen days to pay or remit taxes and late fees or provide appropriate guarantee, then you can apply for administrative reconsideration according to law; for administrative reconsideration decision, the people’s court according to law “and therefore, the company made for a review of pre-class condition is a part of which taxes and late fees (a total of 8,454,088.13 yuan) to pay or provide tax guarantee.
Accordance with the “tax guarantee pilot scheme” requirement, consent or confirmation by the tax authorities, taxpayers or other natural person, legal, economic organizations in order to guarantee, mortgage, pledge the way for taxpayers to pay the taxes and late fees shall be guaranteed. Ai Weiwei’s mother, the first high-Ying and brother Aidan decided to total real estate “Ai Qing House” mortgage, provide for the development class tax guarantee, but through communication with the real estate trading center that, the mortgagee can only be a personal or financial agencies, the Department is not legal mortgagee. Send this lesson to tell the Inland Revenue Department’s proposed since the State Administration of Taxation issued a “tax guarantee pilot scheme,” should have specific measures for implementation. Inland Revenue Department said the concrete implementation difficult.November 9 to inform the Inland Revenue Department issued class company again as soon as possible in accordance with “tax guarantee pilot scheme” that is guaranteed, mortgage or pledge any tax guarantee provided. At this time, at home and abroad on Ai Weiwei help, just a few days in exchange for payment of several million dollars, we think you can use this money for certificates of deposit collateral security, a pressing problem. November 11, the Inland Revenue Department agreed and promised to consult the bank for pledge-related matters at the same time, suggested that we adopt another way of pledge, transferred to the Inland Revenue Department will guarantee payment of the tax on behalf of the bank to open a custody account for tax money guarantee We believe that using the right credentials to pledge certificates of deposit, one, more secure, not to adopt this recommendation. November 14 morning, we prepare to fulfill the pledge certificates of deposit to guarantee the Inland Revenue Department when formalities, to inform the Inland Revenue telephone, in accordance with the relevant provisions of banks, tax authorities can not do the same right to pledge the certificate owner can not apply for certificates of deposit pledged procedures. We believe that since we issued the Inland Revenue Department can choose to pledge collateral security the way the tax notice, have an obligation to actively administration, to contribute to our tax guarantee, as the tax department and other departments of the provisions if there are conflicts, should the tax departments to consult the higher authorities to solve the problem. Gravitropism the Inland Revenue Department has submitted the same day we “guarantee tax matters this book”, reiterated our position.
The morning of November 15, answer the Inland Revenue Department, the State Administration of Taxation of the “tax guarantee pilot scheme” there are problems, but the improvement of laws and regulations is not an overnight thing, the only guaranteed way is to import the Inland Revenue Department tax security deposit the tax on behalf of the banks kept open capital account, which is also a pledge by way of security, and the details of communication, personal commitment will be the name of Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei to deposit my money collection receipts issued, Once credited into account that the performance guarantee procedures. Compared to the rights of custody supervision by a third party certificate to pledging, pledge of tax on behalf of the custodian of funds account less secure way of security (after all, directly managed by the Inland Revenue Department), but considering the State Administration of Taxation, Ministry of Finance and the People’s Bank of China has jointly issued “tax on behalf of the custody account management approach” to regulate them, more importantly, only one day away from the 15-day period, if not for the loss of administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation opportunities and rights. In desperation, we agreed to take “on behalf of the custodian of funds,” the way of security, on the same day at noon in the CTA and the Inland Revenue Department, accompanied by relevant personnel by Ai Weiwei, I go to the bank for the transfer procedure in the afternoon made to the Inland Revenue custody of funds issued with a special tax receipt.
Guarantee payment of taxes and tax fines and penalties straight are essentially different, Ai Weiwei last several concessions in the name of a third party company to send courses to provide tax guarantee, rather than directly paying taxes, because we can not be committed to the development class the company’s tax treatment of penalties, we can not lose the opportunity to further legal rights, to live up to expectations of more than thirty thousand users, we will use all possible opportunities to the greatest degree of respect for the law to protect their own rights, the whereabouts of the public to clarify the facts and hope that the tax authorities reflect the same attitude of respect for the law at least, just and fair administrative review, the company also made a fair course.
Beverages made class company hired accountant certified public accountant Du Yanlin
November 15, 2011
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