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While Cha Eun-woo (29, real name Lee Dong-min), a member of the group Astro and actor, was embroiled in suspicions of "tax evasion" in the KRW 20 billion range, it was argued that this scale was "sixth in the world ranking."
Earlier in the first half of last year, the Seoul Regional Tax Office conducted a high-intensity tax investigation against Cha Eun-woo and notified him of the additional income tax of more than 20 billion won.
Cha Eun-woo's income was shared by his agency Fantagio and Cha Eun-woo, a corporation A founded by Cha Eun-woo's mother Choi. The National Tax Service believes that Cha Eun-woo and Choi used a trick to reduce income tax of 45 percent to apply a corporate tax rate that is more than 20 percent lower than the income tax rate by using a non-substantial corporation A. In particular, it has been confirmed that the corporation under the name of the mother was an eel restaurant whose address was strengthened in the past, adding to the controversy.
As a result, Fantagio was fined 8.2 billion won in August last year. Cha Eun-woo objected to the decision of the National Tax Service and requested a pre-taxation review.
In response, an article comparing Cha Eun-woo's tax evasion with stars around the world has been posted on the online community, and it has become a hot topic among netizens.
First of all, Cha Eun-woo's tax collection is the highest ever in the domestic entertainment industry.
In the world rankings, Cha Eun-woo is mentioned as "sixth" after top Chinese star Fan Bingbing (about 144 billion won), second Chinese actor Chung Shuang (about 56 billion won), third-ranked world soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo (about 28 billion won), fourth-ranked American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson (about 22 billion won), and fifth-ranked Colombian singer Shakira (about 21 billion won).
Cha Eun-woo, who was loved as a "face genius," is being infamously talked about by the public every day under the stigma of a "tax evasion genius."
Cha Eun-woo joined the army in July last year and is serving as an army military band, and his scheduled discharge date is January 27, 2027.
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