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IRS started a tax investigation on people who bought expensive apartments without own money, or who made money with their parents after paying money to them without paying the right taxes. About half of the survey subjects are in their 20s and 30s.

I'm Jeong Seong-jin.

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Mr. A in his 20s, who had no clear job and no income, bought billions of won in real estate, including hanok houses and shopping districts, including apartments in Gangnam, Seoul.

The renter's mother manages the rental income in cash, reports the amount of income reduced, and deposits the lost money to the son by depositing it in a bankbook.


I also sent money detourly through accounts with acquaintances and accounts.

In some cases, a construction company built an officetel and raised it under a joint name with a child and did not report a single tax.


In this way, the IRS launched a tax investigation on 517 people who were alleged to evacuate taxes, such as gift taxes, while buying expensive apartments or buying large-scale charters.

This includes large number of homeowners and small building investors.

Among those eligible for tax investigation, 55% were in their 20s and 30s.

[Taeho Kim / Director of Asset Taxation, National Tax Service: We plan to thoroughly verify whether it is a gift disguised as a borrower (from parents, etc.), and follow up the entire process of debt repayment to the end… .] The

National Tax Service's detailed verification of borrowings is due to the analysis of more than 800 financing plans notified in joint investigations by related organizations.

22% were less than 10% of their own funds, including 91 cases where they bought a house without a single penny.

The National Tax Service plans to build a surveillance network for intelligent gifting that is becoming more and more intelligent by further linking various taxation information, such as court mortgage data and housing date data.

(Video coverage: Mincheol Kim, Video editing: Seunghee Lee)