SONY Japan $243 million suspected of tax evasion will be submitted to the defense

Beijing on July 2nd news, according to foreign media reports, SONY said Friday that the company has received Tokyo IRS recovered 27 billion 900 million yen ($243 million) tax notice.

SONY said in a statement, the Tokyo IRS that the company had submitted tax problems, need to pay more taxes for the U.S. game consoles and other businesses. SONY said: "we have always been strict compliance with national tax laws, so I am very sorry to receive this notice. We will make a plea for this and ask the parties concerned to conduct an investigation." SONY also said that in accordance with the US Japan bilateral tax treaty, the Tokyo IRS requires additional taxes constitute a double taxation.

Tokyo IRS said in the notice, 1999 to 2004, SONY computer entertainment company with an American subsidiary in game products export transactions suspected of unfair fixed transfer price; 2003 to 2004, SONY and its subsidiaries have a similar problem in DVD and CD transactions. SONY and SONY computer entertainment company operator reported a profit of 74 billion 400 million yen (about $647 million), you need to pay 27 billion 900 million yen tax.