Reporter Liu Wanxin/Comprehensive Report
The South Korean Tax Agency has released a list of tax evasions, and many artists have been included in it! Including actor Park Youtian (박유천), actor Park Jun-gyu (박준규), etc., have not paid transfer income tax, comprehensive income tax, etc., adding up to hundreds of millions of yuan, in addition, Choi Wan-gyu, the screenwriter of the popular Korean drama IRIS, was found guilty of trying to transfer more than 1 billion (about 24 million Taiwan dollars) in the past, and was put on the list of "tax evaders".
Park Youtian was included in the list of repeat tax evaders. (Photo/Retrieved from Korean Network)
According to Korean media reports, the South Korean Tax Agency disclosed the personal information of 7,966 high-value and habitual tax evaders, 41 false donation collection groups, and 31 tax evaders on its official website on the 14th. The so-called high-value and habitual tax evaders refer to those who have been overdue for more than one year and have an unpaid amount of more than NT$200 million (about NT$4.82 million), and those who will be listed on the list are those who have not responded to the notice of the National Tax Service and have not yet paid the payment.
Park Youtian was on the list because of 5 unpaid cases including transfer income tax in 2016, with a total overdue amount of 409 million yuan (about NT$9.86 million), while Park Jun-gyu revealed in 2015 that a total of 6 cases including comprehensive income tax were unpaid, totaling 334 million yuan (about NT$8.05 million).
Actor Park Jun-gyu. (Photo/Retrieved from Korean Network)
Among the tax evaders is Choi Wan-gyu, a screenwriter who has written popular Korean dramas such as "IRIS", "Light and Shadow", "Midas" and "Flowers in Prison", who was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for avoiding taxes of up to 1.16 billion yuan (more than NT$28 million) by lying about assistant fees. Regarding the list of tax evasion that has been made public, the South Korean Tax Agency has stated that it will continue to disclose the list of tax violators in the future in order to promote honest tax payment.
Well-known screenwriter Choi Wan-gyu. (Photo/Retrieved from Korean Network)