Operator of Shinjuku gay bars paid back taxes
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 28, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Tax officials have filed a criminal complaint against the operator of several gay bars in Shinjuku for allegedly concealing more than 200 million yen in income over a three-year period, sources familiar with the matter said, reports Jiji Press (Jan. 28).
On Thursday, the Tokyo Taxation Bureau referred Yukihiro Ikeda, 38, to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Corporate Tax Act.
Three bars in the 2-chome area that are managed by two of Ikeda’s companies are suspected of concealing 268 million yen in income over the three-year period ending in 2019 in evading 64 million yen in taxes.