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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, address, and amount of arrears were revealed, including rapper Axe, who was famous for flaunting his wealth.
Reporter Bae Joo-hwan will tell you.
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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.
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“I’ve been hearing opinions for the last 5 years that I’m not extravagant because I talk a lot about money in my rap and brag a lot on a daily basis.
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 the flat which is the 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 encouraged payment for half a year before releasing this list and gave them a chance to explain themselves, but
I explained that I did not pay any 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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