Florent Pagny plays the rebel singer. But by way of rebellion, the one who unashamedly proclaims in his latest hit: “They will not take my freedom of thought”, has above all granted himself the right to evade the tax authorities. This is what caused him to appear yesterday for “tax fraud” before the Versailles Criminal Court. The judges are mainly interested in the more than 1 million euros paid to the singer by his record company at the beginning of 1996. Florent Pagny and Universal Music France, whose CEO Pascal Nègre was also appearing for “complicity in fraud”. , claim that this sum is a loan. The tax administration rejects this argument, emphasizing “that a record company is not made to make loans”. Noting that no document proves that it is a loan and that the repayment terms were postponed by ten years just when the singer’s career was taking off again, the tax authorities believe that it is in reality an advance on receipts disguised as a loan and which must, as such, be subject to tax. That’s not all. Florent Pagny will also have to explain the non-declaration of 48,000 euros of income in 1997 and a reduction of 540,000 euros on his income declarations for the years 1996 and 1997. Not to mention a “misappropriation of objects seized “, the singer having hidden the goods intended to be seized as part of a previous dispute with the tax authorities. Pagny will be able to continue to chant his credo about the State that is defrauding him, but the average taxpayer will observe that the tax authorities have decided to turn a blind eye to the 472,000 euros he received from his record company in 1995.
2023-11-09 23:35:40
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