[사회]Lee Myung-bak wins a lawsuit for canceling billion-dollar comprehensive income tax…

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Former President Lee Myung-bak won a lawsuit against the tax office, claiming that the taxation of 100 million won on the rental income of the second-name real estate was wrong.

The court judged that there was not enough grounds to assume that former President Lee changed the real estate name for the purpose of tax evasion.

Reporter Na Hye-in reports.

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In November 2018, the Seoul Gangnam Tax Office imposed a comprehensive income tax of 100 million won on former President Lee Myung-bak, who was tried for suspicion of raising a dozen slush funds.

This is because the Seoul Regional Taxation Office has been informed that it must be taxed on rental income generated for four years since 2008 by capturing some of the former president’s nominated real estate revealed in the prosecution investigation.

The real estate in question are buildings and land in Yongsan Shopping Center in Seoul and Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do.

Since 1977, the name was transferred from former President Lee to his sister, and his nephew took over.

Former President Lee immediately protested.

He said he was locked in a detention center and did not know about the taxation, and it was illegal for the tax office to notify his son Si-hyung Lee and the security staff of the taxation on behalf of the person concerned.

Former President Lee, who was released on bail in March of the following year, belatedly filed an objection and an administrative trial, but after the dissatisfaction period, all were not accepted, and eventually filed a lawsuit in February last year.

After a year of hearing, the Seoul Administrative Court raised the hand of former President Lee.

The judge did not accept Lee’s claim that the method of service of taxation was wrong at the time, but it made the taxation period an issue.

According to the Framework Act on National Taxes, which stipulated that income after five years cannot be taxed, any income tax incurred by 2011 should be considered invalid.

If taxpayers evade their taxes by fraud or cheating, the tax period could be extended up to 10 years, but the judges saw no evidence that the former president changed the name of the property for tax evasion purposes.

When the ruling is finalized, the disposition of the comprehensive income tax of 100 million won against the former president will be cancelled.

This is Hyein Na, YTN.

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