China Top Internet Celebrity Huang Wei Fined $210 Million for Tax Evasion
24th December 2021 | Hong Kong
China top internet celebrity Huang Wei, popularly known as Viya, has been fined $210 million for tax evasion by China Zhejiang Provincial Tax Service. Between 2019 to 2020, Huang Wei had filed her livestream sales commission instead as revenue from business partnership, concealed and failed to report income from other businesses. In total, Huang Wei had avoided paying $100 million of tax and underpaid $9.4 million of tax. In China, the penalty rate for tax evasion is 60% to 400% of the tax amount. Huang Wei social media accounts with over 110 million followers had also been shut down.
“ China Top Internet Celebrity Huang Wei Fined $210 Million for Tax Evasion “
Huang Wei – $1.3 Billion of Sales in a Day
Huang Wei (Viya) is one of China’s top internet celebrity and also known as the “Queen of Livestreaming”, do livestreams on Taobao Live to sell various products. In 2021, she sold over $1.3 billion of inventory on Singles’ Day on the 11th of November 2021.
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