Mizuho faces tax bill for not reporting $77m in Caymans profits

Japanese megabank says it didn't skirt taxes in 2008 effort to raise capital

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Mizuho Bank and its parent, Mizuho Financial Group, used subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands to raise capital after the 2008 financial crisis. © Reuters

TOMOSHIZU KAWASE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities have ordered Mizuho Bank to pay taxes on 8.4 billion yen ($77.2 million) in profit that it allegedly failed to report from a subsidiary based in the Cayman Islands.

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