[단독]After buying a house for my children, I’m’disgraceful’… Accountant Advisory Decree

[이데일리 강신우·유현욱 기자] As the National Tax Service strengthened the real estate tax investigation, it was confirmed that the Federation of Audit Committees under the Korean Certified Public Accounting Association issued an’advisory precaution’ to front-line public accountants. Even though the gift tax was filed legally, a special tax investigation came up that made the source of the real estate acquisition fund a problem.

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On the 18th, E-Daily’s information on the audit group association under the Korean Industrial Association, which was exclusively obtained by E-Daily, contains the details of a special real estate tax investigation among the recent investigations by the National Tax Service.

The document states that the government is actively investigating all real estate acquisition funds to catch the real estate surge. It is a’real case’ in which a gift tax was reported and paid normally, but a huge tax was imposed by tracking the source of the funds.

In the case of a special tax audit, he bought an apartment for his child in a legal way, and the National Tax Service conducted a tax audit and imposed a separate tax on it, which in turn was’disgraced’.

(Source = Audit Group Association)

Kim Mo, in her 50s, who runs a private hospital in Gangnam, Seoul, donated 400 million won to her son in her 30s and bought an apartment with an additional loan. In this process, Mr. Kim completed a gift tax report after consulting with a tax representative, and the tax accountant determined that there was no problem.

However, as a result of the government’s measures to prevent overheating of real estate, this case was subject to an investigation into the real estate acquisition fund and was subject to an investigation by the National Tax Service.

In this case, the National Tax Service conducted a special tax investigation on the private hospital, the parent’s business place, taking the source of the real estate acquisition fund into question, and imposed a tax of about 700 million won on omission of sales after conducting a five-year tax audit on the workplace. In the end, the hospital head also reported that the business was closed due to shock and was receiving psychiatric treatment.

Regarding this, the Federation of Audit Committee members asked, “Please take note of these points and be cautious in the tax consultation business when consulting the gift tax for new acquisition of real estate.”

Regarding this document, the Korean Industrial Association said, “The details of the special tax investigation were heard only through rumors.

As of the end of last year, 22,781 accountants are members of the Korean Industrial Association. Of these, 6.3%, or 1434, belong to the audit group. The audit group is a small organization in which three or more accountants are registered with the Korean Industrial Association for external audit.

However, it is not confirmed as the Korean Industrial Association said, but it is argued that the’advisory order’ was issued. The public opinion is that there is no reason for a publicly trusted organization to spread the myth that has not been circulated in the market.

One mid-sized accountant said, “There is not a lot of quality information that current accountants and tax accountants know in the process of interviewing with actual clients. .

Earlier, on the 28th of last month, the National Tax Service announced that it was planning to verify the entire process of’after the first acquisition-gift-gift’ related to real estate donation at the ‘2021 National Tax Office Chiefs’ Meeting’.

It tracks the source of the funds when the real estate was first acquired, and checks whether the rental deposit was repaid on behalf of the rental deposit after the omission of the sum of the re-donation was omitted during the donation process, or the rental deposit was put in place. In addition, the source of funds will be verified at all times for younger people who are suspicious of tax evasion, such as acquiring expensive real estate even though there is no source of income.

In the tax industry, some argue that the reinforced tax audit is contrary to the purpose of fair taxation.

An official specializing in real estate-related taxation said, “In principle, it is appropriate to investigate and impose tax evasion situations within the period of exclusion of national taxes for fair taxation. It should not be made of. This is because if the tax audit is not conducted for the purpose of fair taxation only, side effects such as arbitrary judgment (by the National Tax Service) may be involved.”