A former head of the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison for evading some 250 million yen in income tax.
Tsunekichi Hamada, 64, was also ordered by the Tokyo District Court to pay a 55 million yen fine. Although he had pleaded guilty to the charge, Hamada filed an appeal with the Tokyo High Court.
He evaded the income tax by hiding some 740 million yen in taxable income from 1997 to 2000 from his work as a tax accountant and adviser that he pursued following his retirement as tax administrator in 1996, according to the court.