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Cha Eun-woo, a member of boy group Astro and actor, is embroiled in allegations of tax evasion.
A media outlet reported on the 22nd that Cha Eun-woo was notified of more than 20 billion won in tax collection by the National Tax Service on charges of tax evasion, including income tax.
In response, Fantagio, the agency, told Star News that it is currently organizing its official position.
According to the media, Cha Eun-woo was highly investigated by the Seoul Regional Tax Office in the first half of last year on charges of tax evasion. Even though there was originally an agency, they created a separate family company and evaded taxes by using a method of lowering taxes in an expedient manner. Cha Eun-woo reportedly shared the income earned by Fantagio, A corporation and himself after Fantagio signed a service contract to support entertainment activities with corporation A, which was created by his mother Choi.
Therefore, the National Tax Service judged A corporation as a so-called "paper company" that did not actually provide services, and predicted that Cha Eun-woo and his mother set up a non-substantial A corporation to reduce income tax, which reached 45%, and distributed income to be subject to a corporate tax rate that is more than 20 percentage points lower than the income tax rate.
In conclusion, the National Tax Service determined that the profits of corporation A eventually went to Cha Eun-woo, and Cha Eun-woo did not pay more than 20 billion won in income tax.
However, Cha Eun-woo's side is reportedly waiting for the results of the "complete 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."
Cha Eun-woo joined the army in July last year.
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