"Cha Eun-Woo paid 13 billion won late? It's not a trick" an incumbent lawyer's claim [Star Issue]

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Singer and actor Cha Eun-woo announced the full payment of taxes after the alleged tax evasion, and an incumbent lawyer analyzed it himself.

Lawyer and accountant Kim Myung-kyu released Cha Eun-woo's episode of "Kind commentary for non-professionals" on his SNS on the 9th and said, "There are articles saying that they paid 13 billion won, not 20 billion won in taxes, and public opinion is cold as to why they are paying now," adding, "If the facts on the amount paid are accurate, we paid 13 billion won in additional fines, not taxes, and this was not a late payment, but only a procedural payment according to the exact timing."

He continued, "It's not that I haven't paid in the meantime, but I haven't. Cha Eun-woo was conducting a pre-taxation record review against the National Tax Service. It is a procedure to examine whether this tax is legal before formal taxation (sending a notice)," he said, adding, "The formal bill will not come until the end of this review. "We only made the payment in accordance with the official bill that reached Cha Eun-woo after the pre-taxation record review that we applied for a while ago."

Lawyer Kim Myung-kyu said, "If you don't pay even after receiving a formal bill, you will be charged 0.022% (8% per year) per day for the delayed payment tax from then on," adding, "If 13 billion won is an additional fine, about 6.5 billion to 9 billion won will be the original, but if it is roughly 7.5 billion won, about 600 million won per year will be attached every year."

"To prevent the additional tax from rising further, it is the standard of tax litigation to pay the full amount of additional fines once confirmed and to move on to the Tax Tribunal or administrative litigation," he said. "This is not just Cha Eun-woo's trick, but a reasonable defense procedure that goes through both companies and general tax disputes."

Earlier, Cha Eun-woo said on the 8th, "I respect the procedures and results of the National Tax Service, and I paid all related taxes to prevent further confusion." "As we have been active with the love and support of many people, we are taking this issue more seriously and deeply. If there was something I didn't look at enough, the responsibility was also on me. I will not avoid it by saying 'I didn't know' or 'It was someone's judgment' for any reason. "I established a corporation in preparation to continue my activities more stably at a time of various changes and confusion, but now that I look back, there were parts that I didn't fully look into in the process, and I think the responsibility lies with me, not my family or company," he said.

"Part of the (Cha Eun-woo's tax) payment will be adjusted according to the National Tax Service's refund process," his agency Fantagio said on the 9th. "I was informed by the accountant that the actual burden would be about 13 billion won," he added. "As personal income tax is paid in full, it is a procedure to receive a refund for the duplicate taxed portion of the existing corporate tax and value-added tax."

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