
So calling it the colloquial term tax evasion obviously inputs concerted wrongdoing, but calling it tax underpayment or additional owed taxes feels like just an ooopsie oversight. I don’t know if what happened here to embroil top Korean stars is the former or latter but this week the announcement of a government investigation into a large group of rich and famous citizens has revealed some top stars needing to pay additional taxes. That includes Lee Byung Hyun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Tae Hee, Kwon Sang Woo, and popular webtoon writer Yaongyi of the webtoon True Beauty. Excuses range from moving agencies and CF campaign calculations not be ported over, paying employee bonuses out of personal funds, and general honest oversight and leaving it to the accountants to file and trusting it was correct. Hhhmmm, sure.
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