New information regarding the angel tax system has been provided to the Last One Mile Labor Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the information, Satoshi Saito, a certified public accountant and former head of the Corporate Planning Office at Last One Mile Co., Ltd., received retainer fees for angel tax system projects from multiple clients. However, as the number of projects grew too large, some of them stalled for long periods, leading clients to demand refunds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is believed that some related parties have actually received refunds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it was reportedly Makoto Watanabe, Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Last One Mile Co., Ltd., who intervened in the refund dispute and tried to calm the angry client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it was work undertaken by Mr. Saito in his personal capacity and had nothing to do with Mr. Watanabe or Last One Mile Inc., why did Mr. Watanabe need to get involved in the refund negotiations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to interactions known to our association prior to the arrest of defendant Kazuyoshi Nakano, records show that Makoto Watanabe, Satoshi Saito, and defendant Nakano were rapidly advancing the system design, referral of clients, applications, company selection, funding, and external explanations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Watanabe will paint the big picture, Mr. Saito will serve as the certified public accountant handling applications and expert explanations, and the defendant Nakano will handle the company, administrative relations, investor relations, and other execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the retainer received by Mr. Saito in this division of roles was involved, it is not merely a customer dispute involving an individual certified public accountant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an issue concerning the financial balance of a business involving the Golden Trio centered around Mr. Makoto Watanabe, as well as the trust, network, executives, and referrers of Last One Mile Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The issue of the angel tax system is finally shifting from an \"issue for external investors\" back to its true form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Angel problem is a last-mile problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The format of the retainer fee itself is not the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The issues are: from whom the work was accepted, what tasks were accepted, how much was received, what was executed, which cases did not progress, and for what reasons refunds were issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to information submitted to our association, Satoshi Saito undertook various services for numerous companies brought in by Makoto Watanabe, Defendant Toshiyuki Nakano, or referrers in their circle, including applications to make them eligible for the angel tax system, document preparation, system explanations, and other tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, it is reported that due to a sudden surge in the number of cases, some clients ended up in a situation where applications or work did not progress even after paying the initial retainer, and they failed to receive sufficient reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the client's perspective, this means that despite having paid money upfront to a certified public accountant introduced as an institutional expert and handing over the necessary documents, no progress was made toward the administrative application, no confirmation letter was obtained, and only time has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Angel Tax Incentive is not a system where confirmation documents can be issued retroactively to a past date at any time upon request. Given its relationship with investments, share issuances, payments, base dates, and filing deadlines, leaving matters unattended may result in the applicant being unable to utilize the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consequently, demands for refunds poured in from clients, and information was received that some individuals had actually received refunds for their retainer fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that case, at least the following records should exist for Mr. Saito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The problem is not that the client got angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The issue is whether the expert who received the retainer can explain whether they performed the services as contracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most important part of this information is that Makoto Watanabe intervened in the trouble with the client over the refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Mr. Saito accepted the engagement himself as an independent certified public accountant, performed the work himself, and managed the retainer himself, he should be the one to provide explanations to the client, report on the work, handle contract cancellations, and issue refunds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that Mr. Watanabe entered means at least one of the following is conceivable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regardless of which possibility it is, Mr. Watanabe is not unrelated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you claim you only introduced them, you can explain who and how many people you introduced, and whether you received a referral fee from Mr. Saito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you were managing the progress, I can show you the project list and meeting records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you only mediated the refund, you can show at whose request you intervened, what you explained, and under what conditions the refund was settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you cannot explain anything, you cannot simply provide an escape hatch later by calling it \"Mr. Saito's personal issue.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In past articles, our union has investigated the roles played by Makoto Watanabe, Defendant Kazuyoshi Nakano, and Satoshi Saito in the angel tax system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the information received by our association, the roles of the three parties are generally as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the three-way communications that took place before Defendant Nakano's arrest, the introduction of the project, company preparation, applications, investments, and explanations to related parties are said to have progressed one after another in a short period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Mr. Saito had more cases than he could handle, were those customers coincidentally gathered by Mr. Saito alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isn't it the result of Mr. Watanabe and Defendant Nakano using the introduction network around Last One Mile to channel a massive amount of Angel Tax System projects as a business?<\/p>\n\n\n