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Cha Eun-woo, a member of the group Astro and actor, was notified of more than 20 billion won in tax collection by the National Tax Service on tax evasion charges, causing a big stir. In particular, questions about the address of the company known as his mother's corporation are growing.
Suspicions of Cha Eun-woo's tax evasion emerged on the 22nd. In the first half of last year, he was reportedly investigated by the Seoul Regional Tax Office on tax evasion charges.
According to a media outlet, the National Tax Service reported that Cha Eun-woo evaded taxes through a corporation A set up by his mother and notified Cha Eun-woo of additional income tax of more than 20 billion won. Cha Eun-woo has been working in a way that his agency Fantagio and his mother's corporation A sign a service contract to support entertainment activities. Cha Eun-woo's income was reportedly shared evenly by Fantagio, A Corporation, and Cha Eun-woo.
Cha Eun-woo's additional amount is the highest amount ever for an individual celebrity among the hundreds of millions of additional taxes for tax evasion, including Lee Ha-nee (6 billion units), Yoo Yeon-seok (3 billion units), Cho Jin-woong (1.1 billion units), and Lee Joon-ki (900 million).
In this regard, the agency Fantagio said in an official statement, "The main issue is whether the corporation established by Cha Eun-woo's mother is subject to real taxation," adding, "It is not currently finalized and announced, and we will actively explain issues related to legal interpretation and application in accordance with due process."
Cha Eun-woo is reportedly waiting for the results of the "full tax review" filed against the National Tax Service's decision, saying, "It is not a paper company that has no substance, but a formal registration company for the pop culture and arts planning business."
In fact, the corporation that Cha Eun-woo claimed was registered as a pop culture and arts planning business is registered in the comprehensive pop culture and arts information system. The address is Tongjin-eup, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do.
However, it was confirmed that the address of the corporation was actually transferred to Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, not Gimpo. This is an eel restaurant run by Cha Eun-woo's parents. It was also found to have reorganized the corporation into a DANI Limited Liability Company in 2024.
The National Tax Service has applied tax evasion charges, judging that the corporation A founded by his mother is a paper company that has not actually provided entertainment services. It seems that Cha Eun-woo and his mother set up a corporation to reduce income tax, which reached 45%, and decided that they used a "trick" to distribute income and apply a corporate tax rate that is more than 20%P lower than the income tax rate.
Cha Eun-woo joined the army in July last year and is serving as an army military band. Netflix's "The Wonderfuls," in which he appeared, is about to be released. However, attention is being paid to whether such controversy will spark a fire in the work.
Currently, Cha Eun-woo's alleged tax evasion continues to flow in the advertising world. In particular, it has become difficult to avoid image damage as it is known as the largest amount of additional money in the entertainment industry.
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