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The local taxation department in Beijing retrieved 140 million yuan (US$16.9 million) in unpaid taxes on the basis of public tip-offs in the first half of this year.
A total of 688 tax evasion cases were reported in the first six months, of which 580 cases have so far been settled. Tax evaders paid 116 million yuan (US$14 million) of tax evaded and 24 million yuan (US$2.9 million) in penalties.
The taxation department commended 20 public informers with rewards totaling 136,000 yuan (US$16,444).
Beijing opened a telephone hotline on the number 12366 on August 1 to receive tax evasion reports from the public.
(Xinhua News Agency August 14, 2002)
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