The plea deal in the tax evasion case has been signed - and the supermodel's horror will soon begin with a 16-month prison sentence • Nine months of service work are due
Tzipi Rafaeli. 16 months in jail
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Gideon Markovich
Tzipi Rafaeli, the mother of model Bar Raphaeli, will soon go to Neve Tirza prison to serve a prison sentence sentenced to her in a plea deal signed with the tax authority in the tax evasion case. According to the agreement filed this morning (Tuesday) in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, alongside the payment of a fine of millions of shekels, Raphaeli would like to spend 16 months in the women's prison, while nine months' work was sentenced to her daughter Bar.
The prosecutor's statement on the indictment against the mother and daughter, filed as part of the plea, states: "According to the first indictment, in 2012-2009, Bar Refaeli divided her life between Israel and the United States and generated significant income from her work abroad in the amount of NIS 24,964,862. Bar Refaeli had a claim with the tax authorities in Israel that she is a foreign resident living in the United States, who does not have to report and pay taxes in Israel.
"Tzipi Rafaeli, who was conducting her daughter's business at the time, feared that various Rafael Raphael affiliations would constitute an affiliation with the tax assessor if Bar Rafaeli's life center is in Israel for tax purposes in Israel. Therefore, in order to evade payment in Israel, Tsippi Rafaeli Acted to hide her daughter's affinity for Israel in various ways. "
The prosecutor's statement said that Rafali acted on the lease for an apartment used by her daughter at YOO Towers in 2009 "It was stated that the tenant was a Rafael generation, a brother of Bar Refaeli, and was not named Bar."
It also states: "Tzipi Rafaeli has resulted in the lease of an apartment in W Towers that was rented to be used by Bar Rafaeli for her residence while in Israel in 2010, it was stated that the apartment owner is Tzipi Rafaeli and not the name of Bar Rafaeli.
"In 2011, Tzipi Rafaeli signed contracts for the acquisition of real estate rights in the 'Blue' project, which are intended for Bar Rafaeli's residences in Israel in the future."
However, the State Attorney's Office said that between 2012-2009, Rafaeli the mother "hid the assessor because her daughter had two residential houses, in YOO and W. Towers, in addition, Tzipi Rafaeli told the assessor that the rights in the Blue project were intended to be used for Bar's future. Rafaeli. In addition, Tzipi Rafaeli gave the tax assessor incorrect facts and gave false answers about these properties and used fraud, deceit and ruse with fraud and intent to help the bar evade tax. "
Regarding the daughter, the prosecution noted that, according to the indictment between 2012-2009, "she gave the assessing officer incorrect information that could be relevant to her residency, regarding apartments in YOO and W towers, and the rights to an apartment in the Blue Project. Bar Refaeli did so without reasonable justice."
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In addition, in the second indictment against Tzipi Refaeli, in 2014-2007 she received NIS 2,509,169 commissions for her overseas activities as a subsidiary of her daughter. The funds were transferred directly from the subsidiaries' employment. All this, in addition to Bar Refaeli's income for its overseas operations.
"At the request of Tzipi Rafaeli, during 2012-2007 and 2014, and to evade tax for these fees, the agencies transferred the fees to overseas bank accounts in the name of Bar Raphaeli or accounts of companies under its control, or to other foreign accounts. Tzipi Refaeli did not report in the annual reports that the IRS filed these income from a parent agency's fees with the intention of evading tax, and presented them in the tax assessments as Bar Refaeli's income, for which it is claimed that they are not taxable in Israel, "the State Attorney's Office noted.
This is joined by the third charge. "Tzipi Weber Raphaeli did not report to the tax assessor overseas revenue of NIS 4,488,028 produced in 2007 and held by Sweet Life in Singapore, owned by Bar Raphaeli. The two did not state to the assessing officer the existence of Sweet Life and the revenue deposited therein, and did not report to the assessing officer the income of Sweet Life, which is unjustly reasonable, "according to the prosecutor's statement.
The fourth charge relates to the 2015-2009 tax change, during which Raphael subsidiary generated NIS 2,439,636 in revenue received from Bar and Tzipi Rafaeli's consent, to allow companies and various entities to use Bar Refaeli's name for promotion and public relations. YOO, paying rent in an apartment in W Towers, discounting the price of land for buying an apartment in the Blue project, using free vehicles, receiving shares from Quick Check and discounting interior design services.
"In 2015-2014, Bar Refaeli generated revenue from the sale of designer clothes through a clothing boutique of NIS 189,600. .
The State Attorney's Office added that, subject to payment of the tax amounts in accordance with the determination of a civilian tax assessor, the parties will jointly impose the following penalties: Tzipi Rafaeli - 16 months imprisonment, NIS 2.5 million fine and probation. Bar Rafaeli - 9 months imprisonment Of service work, subject to the opinion of the commissioner of the service work; a fine of NIS 2.5 million and a suspended sentence.
"According to the arrangement, Bar Refaeli will return it from the civil appeals filed in connection with the tax assessments to the Supreme Court for 2010-2009 and the Tel Aviv District Court for 2012-2011; Bar and Tzipi Refaeli will remove all civil failures relating to the payment of the tax at the discretion of the civil assessor , Within 30 days of filing the settlement and indictment to the court; the parties will jointly request the court to set a hearing date for the presentation of the plea bargain, the conviction thereon, and the plea for punishment 30 days from the date of the indictment, during which the tax default to the assessee's satisfaction will be completed; In the plea bargain, the investigation file will be closed against Rafi Rafaeli and Liv On Ltd.. "