Eyal Golan
The national legal division for customs and VAT cases at the
Israel Tax Authority filed an indictment on Sunday against singer Eyal Golan,
known as the king of Mizrahi-style music, and the production company he owns
for tax evasion totaling some NIS 2.5 million (about $710,000).
According to the indictment, Golan and senior managers in
his company failed to report income from his performances in private events and
on cruise ships from 2007 to 2010, filed false invoices amounting to NIS 2.3
million in a bid to reduce the value added tax they must pay for transactions
which did not take place in actual fact, and submitted false reports to the Tax
Authority.
Golan, along with other managers in the company, Golan
Sharabi and Arik Bnei Moshe, were detained in January 2011 following a Tax
Authority investigation on suspicion of working together to conceal income from
Golan's gigs and allegedly deceiving the tax authorities.
According to the Tax Authority, in some cases Golan and his
partners failed to issue tax invoices and report the income to the authorities,
and in other cases the issued invoices did not reflect the full return
received. The unreported income totals NIS 2,652,038, the indictment states.
Golan and the company managers are also accused of buying
false invoices from different dealers for a commission from 2008 to 2010, and
using them to report expenses totaling NIS 2,317,983, and deducting input tax
although there was no real transaction.
Golan's company, Liam Productions, offered the following
statement in response: "We are convinced that Eyal Golan is innocent and
we are certain this will be proved in court."
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