On February 22, 2017, on the 16th hearing for the impeachment trial of then-President Park Geun-hye, former Justice Jeong-mi Lee, acting Chief of the Constitutional Court, speaks at the Tribunal of the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Reporter Park Jong-minFormer Justice Jeong-mi Lee (60 years, 16th Judicial Research and Training Institute), who read the decision as acting president of the Constitutional Court during the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun-hye, will file a lawsuit against the Moon Jae-in government’s comprehensive real estate tax for unconstitutionality.
According to the legal community on the 20th, Logos, the law firm to which former Judge Lee belongs, has been recruiting a group of litigants for the unconstitutionality of the property tax since the 21st of last month. Including former Justice Min Hyung-ki, former Constitutional Court Judge Min Hyung-ki, former Seoul High Court Judge Yong-ho Kim, and former Chief Judge Kun-su Kim of the Seoul Western District Court will participate in the litigation delegation. Former Justice Min was the presiding judge of the former Roh Moo-hyun administration’s ruling on the unconstitutionality and inconsistency of the constitution.
A view of an apartment building in Seoul. yunhap newsIn the announcement of the recruitment of the litigants, Logos summarized the unconstitutionality of the current Moon Jae-in government’s subordinate tax into four categories. Specifically, △ Violation of the principle of equality of tax by applying excessive tax rates to multi-homeowners and corporations △ Infringement of property rights due to the triple tax burden that goes beyond the burden of property tax and capital gains tax to excessive taxation on taxes Infringement △ Substantial violation of the principle of tax law regarding tax items and tax rates.
Logos plans to file an administrative lawsuit and an unconstitutional lawsuit following the tax adjudication in the future, and follow the tax refund procedure. Logos said, “The tax law currently being enforced is causing unbearable pain to many people because it violates the Constitution.” “Helps the realization of taxation for the Republic of Korea and individual citizens by proposing effective countermeasures to suffering clients. We want to give it to you,” he said.
