Kris Wu Ordered To Pay Over $80 Million In Tax-related Offenses Alongside Serving 13 Years In Jail For Rape Charges
Kris Wu has been hit with a massive fine for tax evasion after his sentencing was announced earlier today.
On November 25, the Chinese courts announced that Kris Wu has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail.
Kris Wu was sentenced to 11 years and six months for rape and one year and ten months for the crime of gathering people to commit adultery. He will also be deported back to Canada after serving his full sentence.
Later, the tax bureau also announced that Kris Wu has been ordered to pay 600 million yuan (approximately $83,636,500) for tax-related offenses including hiding his personal income.
The authorities stated that between 2019 and 2020, he evaded taxes of around $13 million by hiding his personal income through domestic and foreign-affiliated enterprises, and had underpaid taxes of around $11 million.