The staff members of Taxation Bureau of Quanzhou, Southeast China's Fujian Province,handling business for taxpayers on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

Multiple local taxation authorities across China including Beijing, Shanghai, East China's Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and South China's Guangdong Province all have requested entertainment stars and livestreamers assess their own tax declarations and report issues of concern to local authorities by the end of 2021 in order to receive leniency on penalties, following China's leading livestreamer Viya's $210 million record fine.

According to announcements issued by a number of taxation bureaus, entertainment stars and livestreamers who have not yet addressed their tax-related problems or have not assessed their own potential tax liabilities should do so in accordance with the law and the requirements detailed within the relevant notice. 

For those who report and correct tax-related problems to the taxation department before the end of 2021, relevant authorities will reduce, mitigate or waive the taxation penalty in accordance with the requirements of the notice, otherwise each taxation department will take strict action on those who fail to come forward. 
China's top livestreamer Huang Wei, nicknamed Viya, was fined 1.34 billion yuan ($210 million) for dodging taxes by the taxation authority in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, the State Taxation Administration announced on Monday.

Global Times