China goes after its actors in US — and Fan Bingbing is the first
Chinese tax authorities found Fan had split her contract to evade taxes of $1.1m over payments for her role in ‘Air Strike’
Beijing — China has ordered A-list movie star Fan Bingbing to pay about 884-million yuan ($129m) in overdue taxes and fines, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, as a crackdown on tax evasion in the entertainment industry gathers momentum. The actor, whose June disappearance touched off wild speculation about her whereabouts, has appeared in the “X-Men” and “Iron Man” film franchises, attracting more than 62-million online followers in China. Xinhua said an investigation by Chinese tax authorities found Fan had split her contract to evade taxes of 7.3-million yuan ($1.1m) over payments for her role in “Air Strike”, a film due to be released this year. Fan and companies she represented also evaded 248-million yuan ($36.11m) in additional taxes, Xinhua said, but gave no details regarding this figure. The tax bureau in the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu delivered its judgment to Fan on Sunday, levying fines of more than 596-million yuan ($86.78m) for tax evasion and assessi...
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