Lee Ha-nee, is not a deliberate omission from the 6 billion tax evasion theory, has been paid in full (Full Story)
Feb 17, 2025
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On the 17th, Lee Ha-nee's agency, Tim Hopp, said in connection with Lee Ha-nee's tax investigation that `We faithfully responded to the tax investigation conducted by the Seoul Regional Tax Office as part of the non-regular integration of corporate artists.'
Lee Ha-nui has faithfully fulfilled his duty to pay taxes by complying with laws and procedures under the advice of his tax agent. The tax was paid in full as an additional tax due to differences in perspectives between tax authorities and tax agents, and had nothing to do with intentional omission of taxes.
According to Field News, the Seoul Regional Tax Office conducted an intensive tax investigation into actress Lee Ha-nee and her agency Hope Project in September last year and collected as much as 6 billion won in taxes, including income taxes. The additional fine is the largest ever compared to actor Song Hye-kyo and actor Kwon Sang-woo, who were charged 3.5 billion won after undergoing a tax audit in the past.
According to reports, Lee Ha-nee founded a corporation called 'Hani' in 2015 and changed its name to Hope Project, Inc. in 2022. Lee Ha-nee served as CEO and in-house director of the corporation until January 2023. Currently, Lee Ha-nee's husband is in charge of the representative position, and Lee Ha-nee is in charge of the inside director.
Meanwhile, Lee Ha-nee has been active for about 10 years until April last year after signing an exclusive contract with Human Entertainment in 2014. After ending his exclusive contract in April last year, he worked without an agency for about seven months before moving to TEAMHOPE in January this year.
The following is the full text of Lee Ha-nui's official position.
Hello, I'm actor Lee Ha-nee's agency, TEAMHOPE.
I would like to inform you of the official position regarding the tax investigation of our actor Lee Ha-nee.
Lee Ha-nee faithfully responded to the tax audit conducted by the Seoul Regional Tax Office as part of the non-regular integration planning tax audit of corporate business artists.
Lee Ha-nee has faithfully fulfilled her tax obligations by complying with laws and procedures under the advice of her tax agent. We would like to inform you that this tax has been paid in full as an additional tax due to differences in perspective between the tax authorities and tax agents, and has nothing to do with deliberate tax omission.
Thank you.
yaqqol@sportschosun.com
