With everything that is fashion law and politics flying around at the moment and to add to the mix there's now news of Dolce and Gabbana being guilty of tax evasion. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have both been sentanced to one year and eight months in prison after a jury
The lawsuit looks at the label's 2004 deal with Gado Srl and the sale of their signature and D&G lines. Italian authorities believe that this sale was a way of evading taxes in Italy, which are described as high. The prosecutor Gaetano Ruta also believes board member Cristiana Ruella and Luciano Patelli should also be sent to prison.
I've seen various comments surrounding this issue and I think that something needs to be done if it is true, they maye appeal the current decision. I think that we've seen so much from other brands and tax evasion and people's in response to that, in instances where this has happened before people have spoke about boycotts. If this was to happen for Dolce and Gabbana then it could be really fatal to them especially if people decide to just turn their backs to the brand.
It depends how serious people feel about this especially in our current economic climate but this could cause trouble and could possibly be the start of a deeper look into fashion's taxes?
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