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The National Tax Service has released a list of habitual tax delinquents who have not paid over 200 million earned in taxes.
The name and address, the number of defects and the amount were all revealed, including rapper Axe, who was famous for showing off his wealth.
This is reporter Bae Joo-hwan.
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Hip-hop musician Lee Joon-kyung, who debuted in 2005.
Lee, who is active under the name Dok2, has a luxury apartment, expensive watches and accessories, and several supercars.
He was known for showing his wealth to the public without hesitation.
Dok2 was on the list of high tax offenders because they did not pay 5 taxes, including the comprehensive income tax imposed in 2019, on the profits made from music performances and sales.
The total arrears was 330 million won.
The National Tax Service considers tax delinquents of more than 200 million earned for more than a year as habitual high amount delinquents and reveals the list.
Starting this year, even the name of an apartment building with an address is included in the disclosure target.
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“We are incentivizing payment to habitual offenders by extending the disclosure of apartment house names to those who disclose the list.”
There are 6,940 people on the list this year, including Dok2.
If you add up all the taxes they don’t pay, it’s 4,419.6 billion earned.
The National Tax Service explained that they had been encouraged to pay for half a year before the release of this list and they were given the opportunity to explain, but they were not paying taxes.
In addition, a list of 47 people convicted of tax evasion last year was also released.
Among them was actress Jang Keun-suk’s mother, Jeon Hye-kyung.
Jeon was caught stealing income earned abroad into a foreign account to avoid paying taxes of over 1.8 billion earned while working as a representative of an entertainment agency.
This is Bae Joo-hwan from MBC News.
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