The special investigation department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a formal indictment on Friday to anime studio ufotable and ufotable‘s founder, representative director, and president Hikaru Kondo on the charge of violating the Corporation Tax Act and Consumption Tax Act. They allegedly failed to pay 137 million yen (about US$1.24 million) in taxes.
In a statement on its website on Friday, ufotable acknowledged the indictment, and gave assurances that the company had already filed a corrected tax return and paid the appropriate amount.
The Kyodo news service reported that the written indictment specified that ufotable allegedly owes 109 million yen (about US$990,000) in corporate tax from 2015 to 2018, and 28 million yen (about US$254,400) in consumption tax from September 2014 to August 2018.
Previous reports by The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper last year…
