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1 yuan reward may be 'insulting' but is upheld
By Xu Chi |
September 24, 2011, Saturday
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A court in central China's Luoyang City has thrown out a lawsuit in which a man sued the city's taxation bureau for awarding him only 1 yuan (16 US cents) for reporting a company that evaded taxes.
In court, Ren Leliang, 43, a Luoyang resident, called the "1 yuan reward" from the bureau insulting, and said the reward embarrassed him, making him feel like a beggar.
Ren said on May 11 this year, he bought a 200 yuan chair from an electronic products company in the city, but the seller refused to give him an invoice, which made him suspect the company might be trying to evade tax.
Over the next month, Ren helped the bureau collect evidence showing the company's tax evasion and finally the bureau fined the company 100 yuan.
Ren said the taxation bureau had promised on September 25, 2006, that all residents who reported companies refusing to offer invoices as a way to evade tax would receive cash rewards ranging from 10 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
The bureau responded to Ren that the promises they made in 2006 were out of date and lost legal effect.
Bureau officials said new regulations say informants can get cash reward under 5,000 yuan if they report companies that have evaded taxes under 1 million yuan. The 1 yuan prize is in line with the regulation, the officials argued in court.
The court rejected the suit as it believed that although the 1 yuan reward from the taxation bureau sounded unreasonable, the whole rewarding process is legal and not in violation of any regulations.
Ren said he would appeal.
In court, Ren Leliang, 43, a Luoyang resident, called the "1 yuan reward" from the bureau insulting, and said the reward embarrassed him, making him feel like a beggar.
Ren said on May 11 this year, he bought a 200 yuan chair from an electronic products company in the city, but the seller refused to give him an invoice, which made him suspect the company might be trying to evade tax.
Over the next month, Ren helped the bureau collect evidence showing the company's tax evasion and finally the bureau fined the company 100 yuan.
Ren said the taxation bureau had promised on September 25, 2006, that all residents who reported companies refusing to offer invoices as a way to evade tax would receive cash rewards ranging from 10 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
The bureau responded to Ren that the promises they made in 2006 were out of date and lost legal effect.
Bureau officials said new regulations say informants can get cash reward under 5,000 yuan if they report companies that have evaded taxes under 1 million yuan. The 1 yuan prize is in line with the regulation, the officials argued in court.
The court rejected the suit as it believed that although the 1 yuan reward from the taxation bureau sounded unreasonable, the whole rewarding process is legal and not in violation of any regulations.
Ren said he would appeal.
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