Netizen Reports Kim Soo Hyun For Tax Evasion To The National Tax Service

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Amid Kim Soo Hyun’s controversial emergency press conference on March 31 regarding the accusations about the late Kim Sae Ron, an online post about his alleged tax evasion has gone viral.

“Receipt for Kim Soo Hyun’s tax evasion is up.

File: Actor Kim Soo Hyun evasion report

Date filed: March 30, 2025

Status: Valid”

With this, netizens wondered on what basis the OP was reporting this on.

I screenshot the company’s profit graph from the past four years and sent a graph showing the capital from Kim Sae Ron’s embezzlement case with the ₩700 million KRW (about $476,000 USD) and the company’s capital trends. Not sure how it will turn out. Based on last year’s figures, tax after conversion was estimated at ₩30.0 billion KRW (about $20.4 million USD) but the high-cost graph was negative, so I reported it because it seemed strange.

— OP

Another netizen pointed out that if the status says “valid,” it is recognized as a valid tip.

If a tax evasion report is stated as ‘valid,’ it means the information has been reviewed and seen as a valid tip with an investigation underway. Regarding whether the person reporting it receives an award if it is confirmed tax evasion, the reward is given if the additional tax amount is over 50,000,000 KRW ($~34,091.55 USD), and it depends on the range.

— Netizen

Seeing this, Korean netizens supported the OP in hopes that they would receive the award.

• “I hope for good results.”
• “It would be amazing if they received the award for reporting it.”
• “It’s surprising that there hasn’t been any news about his tax payment until now. If there was a tax investigation, there shouldn’t be an additional tax payment unless he was overpaying…but did he really not process expenses like Yoo Jae Suk?”
• “So smart.”
• “I hope the OP gets the reward money since they are trying to tire out the bereaved family with lawsuits.”