Lee Min Ho in big trouble was "captured" by the police for tax evasion: The image of the handsome man officially collapsed?

According to Korean media reports, Lee Min Ho was recently "touched" by the tax investigation department and caught the act of tax evasion f.raud. The information made the actor immediately become the focus of public discussion and criticism.

In recent days, Korean media has continuously reported on famous stars being investigated for tax. After Lee Byung Hun, Kwon Sang Woo, and Kim Tae Hee were investigated for tax, Lee Min Ho was the next star. According to media reports on March 2, the Tax Investigation Department opened an unusual investigation against Lee Min Ho and MYM Entertainment - his management company in 2020, recovering hundreds of millions of won in taxes.

Worth mentioning, this is the second time Lee Min Ho and MYM Entertainment have been involved in an unusual tax investigation. According to DongA, Lee Min Ho and MYM Entertainment received an unusual tax investigation in 2020. At that time, the National Tax Department imposed a fine for the Korean actor. Extraordinary tax investigations are only conducted when the authorities suspect an individual or organization of tax evasion.

However, talking to reporter Choi Ji Yoon of Newsis, entertainment company MYM Entertainment denied the accusations of Lee Min Ho tax evasion, "He has honestly paid taxes for many years. We confirm Lee Min Ho. Min Ho has never done anything shameful related to tax f.raud," the representative shared.

The entertainment company MYM Entertainment said that the amount of m.oney the actor was investigated by the tax department was related to the compensation he received in the portrait rights infringement lawsuits. The tax inspection stemmed from an accounting error in the company's expense handling process.

"Lee Min Ho has received compensation from portrait rights infringement lawsuits. Since it is not clear whether artists are subject to this tax, we have paid enough to the tax department. After being investigated by the agency explained, the company has honestly paid the additional tax," MYM Entertainment said.

Lee Min Ho is one of the Korean actors with great popularity in the international market, so his net worth is not modest when it reaches 26 million USD (610 billion VND). The name of the Korean handsome man is associated with the Korean series Meteor Garden, City Hunter, Heirs, Eternal Monarch, Pachinko...

The movie Ask the Stars starring Lee Min Ho and Gong Hyo Jin is one of the most anticipated TV projects this year. It is known that the salary for each episode of Lee Min Ho is always very high and is in the top 3 male actors with the highest salary in Korean screens.

According to DongA, recently, the National Tax Service of Korea has now conducted a tax inspection on 84 people, including artists, athletes, webtoon authors, YouTubers and platform operators. Actors Kim Tae Hee, Lee Byung Hun, and Kwon Sang Woo are names in showbiz who have to pay fines for tax issues. These people use different methods to reduce their tax liability.

Earlier in September 2020, Lee Min Ho and his brokerage company were subjected to an unusual tax investigation. Extraordinary tax investigations are only conducted when the authorities suspect an individual or organization of tax evasion. After being investigated, both Lee Min Ho and his management company paid back taxes, totaling hundreds of millions of won at the time. At that time, Lee Min Ho's management company also released a statement denying the news that the actor evaded taxes.

On February 28, Ajou Economy reported that Lee Byung Hun and his management company BH Entertainment were fined 100 million won (about 76,800 USD) in taxes. On the same day, Nate reported, Kwon Sang Woo and the management company Soo Company were fined more than 1 billion won (about 755,000 USD) after a tax investigation by the National Tax Department.

On March 1, Allkpop and many Korean newspapers reported that Kim Tae Hee and management company Lua Entertainment were the next names in the unusual tax investigation. After the investigation, the tax agency collected a large amount of m.oney from Kim Tae Hee and the company. However, the management company of all 3 stars affirmed that their artists were honest in their audits and did not evade taxes.

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