The leader of France’s nationalist Front National political party hit out after the conservative weekly Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) reported the far-right chief was currently being audited.
Mrs Le Pen tweeted: “The JDD reports that I’ve been hit with a tax audit?! That’s the first I’ve heard of that! But of course an audit was missing from the growing list of things I am being persecuted for.
“This relentless persecution that I am a victim of – and whose sole aim is to bring down the only party opposed to the System – is becoming more and more obvious.”
The French Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service refused to comment on the JDD report, citing “tax secrecy”.
In addition to the alleged tax audit, Mrs Le Pen could face up to three years in prison after she was officially charged for tweeting three graphic images of Islamic State (ISIS) killings in 2015.
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The move came after the National Assembly voted in November to strip the conservative leader of her parliamentary immunity over the controversial tweets.
Mrs Le Pen was placed under formal investigation on Thursday for “circulating violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity” and that can be viewed by a minor. She also faces a €75,000 (£66,000) fine.
One of the images showed the body of James Foley, an American reporter who was beheaded by ISIS jihadists.
The second showed a man being run over by a tank and the third a man being burned alive in a cage with the caption “This is Daesh,” the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
The far-right leader and former presidential hopeful is currently embroiled in a string of scandals.
Last year, Mrs Le Pen was charged with misusing millions of euros of EU funds to pay the salaries of two parliamentary aides who in fact carried out work for the party in France.
Months later, she claimed the Front National was the victim of a “banking fatwa” after the French bank Société Générale closed the party’s accounts.