中、英、美媒对薇亚tax evasion的英文报道

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Chinese influencer Viya fined 1.3 bln yuan for tax evasion

Reuters

China's "queen of livestreaming" has been fined 1.34 billion yuan ($210 million) for tax evasion, tax authorities said on Monday.

Internet celebrity Viya, whose real name is Huang Wei, was fined for hiding personal income and other offences in 2019 and 2020, according to the tax bureau in Hangzhou, a city in southern China.

She later apologised.

"I'm deeply sorry about my violations of the tax laws and regulations," she said on her Weibo account. "I thoroughly accept the punishment made by the tax authorities."

Viya, 36, is known for her ability to sell "anything" via livestreaming on the Taobao Live platform. Last year, she sold a rocket launch service for 40 million yuan ($6.27 million).

Tax evasion, an age-old practice among China's celebrities, had already sunk the career of several well-known figures in the entertainment industry.

Viya, however, represents a new generation of celebrities, whose meteoric rise to fame has been powered by the equally dizzying growth of China's e-commerce sector, many aspects of which have come under regulatory scrutiny.

Two e-commerce livestreaming influencers were reported to be under investigation for personal tax evasion last month and were together fined nearly 100 million yuan ($15.69 million). Their livestreaming services have since closed.

Viya was scheduled to conduct a livestreaming at 7 p.m. on Monday, focusing on cosmetics. A check of her Taobao livestreaming studio showed that a reminder for the event had been removed.

The State Taxation Administration issued a notice in September, announcing measures to strengthen tax administration in the entertainment sector, including livestreamers.

The office said anyone who reports and corrects tax-related misdoings would be given lighter punishment or even exempted from punishment. More than 1,000 people had taken the initiative to pay tax arrears, it said.

双语对照，吃瓜学习两不误

Chinese influencer Viya fined 1.3 bln yuan for tax evasion

influencer

字面上的意思就是影响者，有影响力的人，柯林斯词典中的解释分为两种，一个就是字面上的意思：any person or thing that exerts an influence；另一种解释为：a person who uses social media to promote lifestyle choices, commercial products, etc to his or her followers. 利用社交媒体向自己的粉丝推广或推荐产品和服务的人，就是类似于现在网络中的“（带货）网红”，或者说关键意见领袖，Key Opinion Leader，KOL.

China's "queen of livestreaming" has been fined 1.34 billion yuan ($210 million) for tax evasion, tax authorities said on Monday.

税务部门周一表示，中国的“直播女王”因逃税被罚款13.4亿元人民币（2.1亿美元）。

livestream/live-streaming (n)

livestream/live-stream 表示“互联网直播，线上直播，流直播”，英文解释为“to broadcast video and sound of an event over the internet as it happens, or to be broadcast in this way”。

fine

作名词，表示「罚款」，作动词，表示“处…以罚款，处…以罚金”，英文解释为“to charge someone an amount of money as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law”；I am fine.( adj.)

evasion（巧记 Eva + sion行）

表示“躲避；规避；逃避；回避”，英文解释为“the act of avoiding sb or of avoiding sth that you are supposed to do”; tax evasion 偷逃税；派生词：evade v. 逃避；规避；evader 逃税者；evasive adj. 回避；推诿的

authority

表示“官方机构；当局；官方；当权者”，英文解释为“a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity”如：the health authority 卫生当局。tax authorities(用复数）税务总局/税务部门

Internet celebrity Viya, whose real name is Huang Wei, was fined for hiding personal income and other offences in 2019 and 2020, according to the tax bureau in Hangzhou, a city in southern China.

据中国南部城市杭州税务局称，本名黄薇的网络名人薇娅因在2019年和2020年隐瞒个人收入和其他违规行为而被罚款。

背景知识加强：据杭州税务——国家税务总局浙江省税务局 Zhejiang Provincial Tax Serice, State Taxation Administation——发布的通告表明，网络主播黄薇(网名:薇娅)涉嫌重大偷逃税款，多次督促仍心存侥幸，随即对其展开调查，经查明:黄薇在2019年至2020年期间，通过隐匿个人收入、虚构业务转换收入性质虚假申报等方式偷逃税款6.43亿，其他少缴税款0.6亿。同时，因其在调查过程中主动配合补缴税款5亿，并交代了税务机关尚未掌握的情况，监管从轻对薇娅处以0.6倍4倍罚款，追缴及并处罚款总计13.41亿。

2021年个税税率表：3级累进、5级累计、7级累进税率表

个人工资薪金所得按7级累计税率

个人所得税预扣率表一：7级累计超额税率

居民个人工资、薪金所得预扣预缴适用

个人劳务报酬所得按3级累进预扣预缴

个人所得税预扣率表二：3级累计超额税率

居民个人劳务报酬所得预扣预缴适用

个体工商户生产经营所得按5级累进税率

个人所得税税率表二：5级超额累计税率

个体工商户的生产、经营所得和对企事业单位的承包经营、承租经营所得适用）

offence（英）/ offense (美）

表示“犯罪行为；罪行”，英文解释为“an illegal act; a crime”如：a serious/minor offence 重/轻罪。

bureau

bureau /ˈbjʊərəʊ/ 1）表示“（政府部门的）局，处，科”，英文解释为“a government organization”如：the Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局, FBI。

2）表示“（搜集或提供信息的）办事处，办公室，机构”，英文解释为“an organization or a business that collects or provides information”;

She later apologised.

随后薇娅道歉了。

"I'm deeply sorry about my violations of the tax laws and regulations," she said on her Weibo account. "I thoroughly accept the punishment made by the tax authorities."

她在自己的微博上说：“我对自己违反税收法律法规的行为深感愧疚。我完全接受税务部门做出的处罚。”

Viya, 36, is known for her ability to sell "anything" via livestreaming on the Taobao Live platform. Last year, she sold a rocket launch service for 40 million yuan ($6.27 million).

36岁的薇娅因其在淘宝直播平台上通过直播销售“任何东西”的能力而闻名。去年，她以4000万人民币（627万美元）的价格卖出了一项火箭发射服务。

Tax evasion, an age-old practice among China's celebrities, had already sunk the career of several well-known figures in the entertainment industry.

逃税是中国明星长久以来的做法，已经使娱乐圈的几个知名人物的事业陷入困境。

age-old

表示“古老的；由来已久的”，英文解释为“very old”如：an age-old story of love and betrayal 关于爱和背叛的古老故事。

sink

表示“使失败；使陷入麻烦”，英文解释为“to cause something to fail or be in trouble”;

然而，薇娅代表了新一代名人，他们的迅速成名得益于中国电子商务行业同样快速的发展，致其许多方面都要受到监管审查。

meteoric

meteoric /ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪk/ 1）表示“迅速成功的；发展迅速的”，英文解释为“achieving success very quickly”，如：a meteoric rise to fame 迅速成名；

2）表示“流星的”（relating to or caused by a meteor）。

rise to fame

表示“成名，出名”，英文解释为“to become famous”；

dizzying

1）表示“令人眩晕的，令人头晕目眩的，令人眼花缭乱的”，英文解释为“causing you to feel dizzy”；

2）也可以指“太快的；令人困惑的”，英文解释为“very fast or confusing”；

scrutiny

scrutiny /ˈskruːtɪnɪ/表示“细看，仔细审查；监视”，英文解释为“the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it”；

据报道，上个月，两名电商主播因个人逃税被调查，并被罚款近1亿元人民币（1569万美元）。此后，他们的直播服务已经关闭。

Viya was scheduled to conduct a livestreaming at 7 p.m. on Monday, focusing on cosmetics. A check of her Taobao livestreaming studio showed that a reminder for the event had been removed.

薇娅原定于周一晚上7点聚焦于化妆品直播。但通过查看她的淘宝直播间后发现，该活动的直播提醒已被移除。

schedule

表示“为…安排时间；安排，排定”，英文解释为“to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time”；

cosmetics

1）cosmetic /kɒzˈmɛtɪk/作名词，通常复数cosmetics，表示“化妆品；美容品”（a substance that you put on your face or body to make it more attractive），如：the cosmetics industry 化妆品行业，a cosmetic company 化妆品公司，cosmetic products 化妆产品。

本身也可以作形容词：

2）表示“装饰门面的，虚饰的，表面的”，英文解释为“Cosmetic changes, etc. are intended to make you believe that something is better when, really, the problem has not been solved.” ；

3）表示“整容的”，英文解释为“connected with medical treatment that is intended to improve a person's appearance”如：cosmetic surgery 整容外科。

The State Taxation Administration issued a notice in September, announcing measures to strengthen tax administration in the entertainment sector, including livestreamers.

国家税务总局在9月发布了一份通知，宣布了加强娱乐圈税收管理的措施，包括网络主播。

taxation

taxation /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/ 表示“税制；征税；课税”，英文解释为“the system of taxing people”，也可以指“税；税款；税金；税收”，英文解释为“money that has to be paid as taxes”。

tax本身表示“税；税款”，英文解释为“money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services.”

国家税务总局表示，主动报告并及时纠正涉税问题的，可以依法从轻、减轻或免予处罚。已有上千人主动自查补缴税款。

misdoing

相当于misdeed，表示“违法行为；罪行；不端行为”，英文解释为“an act that is criminal or bad”；

类似的：misconduct表示“失职；处理不当；行为不端”，英文解释为“unacceptable behaviour, especially by a professional person”如：gross misconduct = very serious misconduct 严重失职，professional misconduct 玩忽职守。

conduct作名词，表示“行为，举止”（a person's behaviour in a particular place or in a particular situation），如：优良作风 fine conduct或者说excellent conduct，2020年报告Part 2中提到的加强党风廉政建设 improve Party conduct and build a clean government.

exempt

exempt /ɪɡˈzempt/ 表示“免除，豁免（责任、付款等）”，英文解释为“to excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc.”；

2020年政府工作报告中提到：推出8个方面90项政策措施，实施援企稳岗，减免部分税费，With 90 policy measures in 8 categories, we have provided assistance to enterprises to stabilize employment, cut and exempted taxes and fees,

exempt也可以作形容词，表示“被免除（义务）的，获豁免的”（not affected by something, or not having to do it or pay it）。

take the initiative

表示“积极主动，带头”，英文解释为“To be the first one to do something, esp. to solve a problem; If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation.”

arrears

arrears /əˈrɪəz/ 表示“应付的欠款；逾期的债款”，英文解释为“money that is owed and should already have been paid”如：rent arrears 逾期未付的租金。

the arrearage users 欠费用户； the arrearage risk 欠费风险；be in arrears with tax payment拖欠税款; arrear wages 拖欠工资

arrears of wage 拖欠工资; dividends in arrears 拖欠股利; Engineering Payment in Arrears 拖欠工程款; I am two or three letters in arrears.我还有两三封信搁着未复。(待完成的工作)

原文阅读 Chinadaily

Local taxation authorities in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province are levying a fine of 1.34 billion yuan ($210 million) on top Chinese livestreaming host Huang Wei for tax evasion, the latest step toward regulating the livestreaming e-commerce industry. Huang, better known by her online name Viya, has been fined for concealing income and declaring personal wages as income for proprietorships, according to a statement released on Monday by the Hangzhou Taxation Bureau.

参考译文

浙江省杭州市税务部门对国内“直播一姐”黄薇处以13.4亿元（2.1亿美元）的逃税罚款，这是直播电商行业监管的又一记重锤。根据杭州市税务局周一发布的通告，黄薇（网名：薇娅）因隐匿个人收入、将个人劳动报酬转变为个人独资企业经营所得（虚构业务转换收入）而被处以罚款。

levy:

①v. (levied, levying, levies) to officially say that people must pay a tax or charge 征收，收取〔税项或费用〕，同义词impose

levy a tax/charge/fine etc (on sth)

a new tax levied on all electrical goods 对所有电器商品都征收的一种新税

②n. (plural levies) 税款，税额

levy+on

He wants to impose a levy on landfill waste. 他想对填埋的废弃物征税。

fine:

①v. “处…以罚金”，常用被动

fine sb/sth for sth/for doing sth

She was fined for speeding. 她因超速而被罚款。

The company was fined £20 000 for breaching safety regulations. 这家公司因违反安全条例而被罚款 2 万英镑。

②n. 罚金；罚款

a parking fine 违规停车罚款

Offenders will be liable to a heavy fine (= one that costs a lot of money). 违者须付巨额罚金。

top作形容词可以表示“最著名的；(位置、级别或程度)最高的；最成功的等”，

livestreaming host:即主播，也可以直接用streamer/livestreamer（衍生自动词stream “在线收听收看”

top Chinese livestreaming host即我们常说的“头部主播”，表示“头部”、“顶流”还可以用A-list，如“顶流明星”A-list celebrity.

tax evasion: 逃税

proprietorship: 独资企业

give/make/issue/release a statement 发表声明

Bureau:[ˈbjʊərəʊ]（政府或组织机构的）局，所，司，处，属

拓展阅读

Bloomberg 12月20日刊

China Hits Top Influencer With $210 Million Fine Over Taxes

Influencer known to millions as Viya immediately apologizes

Episode may spook brands that rely on livestreamers for sales

China slapped an unprecedented $210 million fine on a top livestreamer for tax evasion, stepping up China’s crackdown on online influencers who have grown wildly popular in recent years.

Huang Wei -- also known as Viya -- was ordered to pay 1.34 billion yuan in back taxes, late fees and fines, the State Taxation Administration said Monday in a statement on its website. She avoided taxes totaling 643 million yuan by concealing personal income and making false declarations in 2019 and 2020, the statement added.

Huang issued an apology just after the punishment was announced, saying on her Twitter-like Weibo account that she felt “deeply guilty.” “I totally accept the decision of the tax regulator and will actively collect funds to pay the fines within the deadline,” she wrote.

Viya’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The fine is the biggest yet for online salespeople like Viya, who each night compete to convince shoppers to spend millions of dollars on items such as cosmetics, appliances and clothing. The influencer is one of the biggest stars on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Taobao marketplace, drawing traffic and driving consumption.

The episode signals Beijing is turning its attention to the online streaming commerce arena, which has thrived with little regulation in recent years. The high-profile case may spook merchants and brands who rely on the format to drive sales, not just at Alibaba but across a number of its rivals’ platforms.

In September, the tax authorities announced tougher rules covering celebrities and livestreamers, and last month two of the salespeople were fined a total of $15 million for income tax evasion. The Taobao and Weibo pages for Zhu Chenhui and Lin Shanshan are both blank now.

News from BBC NEWS

UPDATED 21 December 2021

Viya (pictured) has been described as China's "live-streaming queen" and has tens of millions of followers

A top Chinese live-streamer has been handed a 1.34bn yuan ($210m; £160m) fine for tax evasion.

Huang Wei, known as Viya, is an internet celebrity with tens of millions of followers. She has used her platform to sell a variety of products.

Authorities in Hangzhou accuse her of hiding her personal income as well as other financial offences between 2019 and 2020.

In a post on her Weibo account, she said she was "deeply sorry".

"I thoroughly accept the punishment made by the tax authorities," the post said.

The 36-year-old has become a major internet celebrity in China, fuelled by the meteoric growth of online shopping.

She's known as the country's "live-streaming queen" and has sold everything from noodles to a commercial rocket launch on the online shopping Taobao platform.

Viya had been due to host a cosmetics sales event on Monday evening before her streaming account went offline, according to the Reuters news agency.

Her huge platform meant she was named on Time magazine's list of 100 influential figures in 2021.

Tide turns against huge star

By Kerry Allen, China media analyst

Viya is one of China's most popular influencers or online sales vloggers.

However, the tide has very quickly turned against her in light of her huge fine for tax evasion.

One of the top hashtags on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo is #ViyaCompletelyBlockedOnline as outlets seek to remove her presence. Her Weibo account, where she had 18 million followers, no longer exists and media reports suggest her account on the eBay-like Taobao shopping platform has also been suspended.

The Global Times newspaper says that her penalty serves as a "warning to others". However, there have been signs for the past month that China has been seeking to reform the industry.

China has the biggest live-streaming industry in the world. There are more than 400 million vloggers, or video bloggers, in the country.

Last month, online influencers were banned from recommending stocks online, and 88 celebrities were given "warnings" over live-streaming content.

Two other notable live-streamers, Zhu Chenhui and Lin Shanshan, were handed US $10.2m and $4.3m fines and also had Weibo accounts removed.

The China Daily newspaper said at the time that "the investigation and punishment of those who evade taxes [would] be intensified to create a fair tax environment".

tax avoidance：合理避税（合法）

tax evasion：逃税, 漏税（非法）

tax dodge：一般用tax dodging作名词，也是逃税漏税的意思

偷税漏税tax evasion / tax fraud ; charity fraud 诈捐；tax dodgers 指“避税人”，tax dodges 名词指“偷税”这种行为；evader 避税人; Idiom

adj.

take evasive action

采取回避行动（以避免危险或不愉快）

to act in order to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation

evasively /evasiveness

apologised （英）/ apologized (美）

(such) a meteoric rise迅速成名...whose meteoric rise to the top of her profession...她很快登上了事业的顶峰; ！...meteoric rise to stardom /fame迅速成名

has been powered by得益于；video conferencing powered by Wechat Work 微信视频会议（MTI名词翻译）

...has been under close regulatory scrutiny.一直受到严格的监管审查

...come under more regulatory scrutiny. 将面临更多监管审查

...are coming under growing regulatory scrutiny.正面临越来越多的监管审查。

...an issue that is under regulatory scrutiny.仔细审查的问题

...have come under increasingly heavy regulatory scrutiny in recent years.已开始受到日益严格的监管审查。

...was under severe regulatory scrutiny at the time.当时正接受监管机构的严格审查。

including (强调）

国家税务总局表示，（从句找主语）主动报告…anyone / evader who

are exempt (adj) from(主动）免除；豁免 ; are exempted (v.) from（被动）

英媒”queen of live-streaming “ 直播女王；中媒on top Chinese livestreaming host “直播一姐”，

电商直播行业the livestreaming e-commerce industry； the live e-commerce industry ; live broadcast of e-commerce

hiding income (英媒）；concealing income（中媒）

in/over taxes 纳税

less well-known 不那么知名的; be better known by her onlineViya; ... known to millions as Viya;

…to slap tariffs on those products 对产品征收关税/ 征收惩罚性关税； levy(中媒）；China slapped an unprecedented $210 million fine on …；was ordered to pay被勒令支付；in back taxes, late fees and fines拖欠税款、滞纳金和罚款； avoided taxes 逃税；

Huang issued an apology(美）/ just after /later apologized / apologised

deeply guilty（美）/deeply sorry (英）

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1690452718095686449&wfr=spider&for=pc&searchword=过去完成时加already

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202111/22/WS619b3603a310cdd39bc76bfa.html Zhu Chenhui and Lin Shanshan

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UufoTIseeYosos8szpCrDg 21世纪英文报道

秦始皇建立中央集权制度（centralization of authority）是一种国家政权的制度，以国家职权统一于中央政府，削弱地方政府力量为标志的政治制度。

What is the Difference Between Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance?

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Tax evasion and tax avoidance are both practices designed to reduce the amount people pay in taxes. The difference is that one involves legal means, while the other is illegal and is a form of tax fraud. Professionals such as attorneys and accountants who assist people with illegal means of reducing tax liability can be penalized along with the taxpayer.

In tax avoidance, people take advantage of the tax law to find ways to reduce their total tax liability. This is entirely legal and many people practice is every year at tax time. Using the services of a sharp tax attorney or tax accountant can save people significant amounts of money on their taxes. With tax avoidance, taxpayers seek out tax credits, writeoffs, and other means of cutting down on their tax liability.

The tax code is constantly being updated. Tax professionals keep up with changes to the law so that they can advise their clients on the best ways to reduce the amount of money they owe. With tax avoidance, people declare all of their income as required by law and submit other financial documents as needed, and the means used to reduce their tax liability are clearly documented on their tax returns.