<Anchor> On the
morning of the 28th, the Samsung family revealed the details of the inheritance of the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee. As expected, the size of the inheritance tax is more than 12 trillion won, the largest in the history of the inheritance tax levied so far. In addition, a plan to give back to society was made, such as donating 23,000 artworks.
This is reporter Lee Seong-hoon.
<Reporter> The
Samsung subsidiaries owned by late Chairman Lee Kun-hee are 4.18% of Samsung Electronics, 20.76% of Samsung Life, and 2.88% of Samsung C&T, which are worth about 19 trillion won.
The amount of inheritance tax for shares of Samsung affiliates amounted to KRW 11.4 trillion.
If you add the inheritance tax on cash equivalents and other securities assets, it is the largest ever, with more than 12 trillion won.
The Samsung family said they plan to pay the inheritance tax six times over five years.
We did not disclose how the inheritance ratio was determined between Mrs. Hong Ra-hee, Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, Hotel Shilla President Lee Bu-jin, and Lee Seo-hyun, Chairman of the Samsung Welfare Foundation.
It is observed that the inheritance tax will be financed by personal property and stock dividends, and that the insufficient amount will be financed by loans to the financial sector.
Some of Chairman Lee's private assets, which are estimated to cost about 1 trillion won, decided to give back to society.
We decided to donate 700 billion won to build infrastructure to overcome Corona 19, and to donate 300 billion won to children patients suffering from childhood cancer or rare diseases.
All 23,000 artworks owned by Chairman Lee, who gained great interest through the so-called'Lee Kun-hee Collection', are donated.
About 2,600 pieces of antique art, such as Gyeomjae Jeongseon’s Inwangje Saekdo, will be donated to the National Museum, and 1,600 pieces of modern art, such as Lee Jung-seop’s bull, will be donated to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.