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Official Statement: Refuting MBC "Straight’s" Misleading Report This statement serves to refute the irresponsible and misleading information presented by MBC’s investigative program "@MBCstraight" (스트레이트) concerning #CHAEUNWOO’s tax assessment case. The report in question contains several inaccuracies that distort the reality of the situation. Following a thorough fact-check of the available data, we present the following seven points to correct the record and expose the manipulation of facts, omissions, and deceptive editing present in the broadcast. [Fact Check: 7 Points of Fabrication and Manipulation] 1. Intentional Misidentification of Target Entities and Concealment of L&C (엘엔씨) —The Claim: The broadcast implied the entity under investigation was "Cha’s Gallery" (차스갤러리), now known as "The Ani" (디애니). —The Fact: The actual agency that performed legitimate management services and received the tax assessment is "L&C" (엘엔씨). MBC staged a scene visiting "The Ani" (디애니) representatives while completely concealing the name "L&C" (엘엔씨) throughout the entire broadcast. "Cha’s Gallery" (차스갤러리) is a previous entity that has long since been dissolved. 2. Deceptive Portrayal of Office Premises (The "Eel Restaurant" Frame) —The Claim: MBC showed a 2-story eel restaurant (Building A), claiming it was a "paper company" with no office presence. —The Fact: The site consists of four separate buildings (A, B, C, and D). While Building A is a restaurant, Building C is a fully independent, functional office space used by the agency. MBC intentionally hid the existence of Building C to push a "ghost company" narrative. 3. Fabrication of Revenue Settlement and Tax Evasion Claims —The Claim: CHA EUNWOO bypassed personal taxes by receiving all settlement money through a one-person agency. —The Fact: As documented in reports (Jan 22, 2026), revenue was strictly divided among three parties: FANTAGIO, CHA EUNWOO individually, and the corporation "L&C". It was not funneled exclusively into a corporation to evade taxes. 4. Malicious "800 Million KRW Loan" Frame and Omission of Repayment —The Claim: Highlighting an 800 million KRW loan under the corporate name to frame it as speculative real estate investment. —The Fact: MBC omitted the crucial fact that this entire loan was fully repaid within just one year, distinguishing it from cases of speculative profit-seeking. 5. Distortion of Real Estate Purpose and Brother’s Business —The Claim: The agency purchased unnecessarily large plots of land (5,300 pyeong) for speculation. —The Fact: The site was already an established large-scale restaurant facility long before the purchase. Furthermore, the 2025 land acquisition is related to his brother’s personal business, not CHA EUNWOO’s entertainment activities. This purchase occurred after "Cha’s Gallery" had already returned its Culture and Arts Planning Business license in 2022. 6. Concealing the True Context of "Investigation Bureau 4" —The Claim: The deployment of the 4th Investigation Bureau proves "aggressive tax evasion." —The Fact: The investigation actually began with Namgoong Kyun, Chairman of Mirae I&G, and stock manipulation allegations involving @fantagiogroup. CHA EUNWOO’s entity was swept into the investigation as a secondary "link" because of transactions with Fantagio, not because he was the primary target. 7. Fabrication of the Registration Timeline —The Claim: The agency operated illegally for years before registering. —The Fact: MBC conflated the timeline of the dissolved entity with the active one. "L&C" was legally registered for Culture and Arts Planning almost immediately upon its establishment in late 2022: - June 15, 2022: Cha's Gallery registers. - Oct 24, 2022: L&C is established. - Oct 31, 2022: Cha's Gallery closes and returns license. - Dec 2, 2022: L&C officially registers its license. Source: Cha Eunwoo’s Korean fan community research, via 누누 DC Gallery.

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📰 CHA EUNWOO’s tax assessment case has become a matter of national significance, prompting deliberations at the National Assembly and the convening of a policy forum to examine the structural and regulatory framework governing celebrity single-person agencies. What began as an individual tax dispute has developed into a broader policy debate over the treatment of artists who establish personal corporations under South Korea’s legal and tax systems. Amid a series of tax evasion allegations and retroactive tax assessments imposed by the National Tax Service (NTS) on single-person or family-run agencies of prominent entertainers, Democratic Party lawmakers Park Min-kyu, Jung Tae-ho, Lim Oh-kyung, and Lee Ki-heon held a policy seminar at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building under the theme, “Alternatives to the Tax Evasion Controversy Surrounding Celebrity One-Person Agencies.” Professor Lee Jeon-oh, Professor Emeritus at Sungkyunkwan University and a tax law specialist who delivered the keynote presentation, acknowledged that many high-profile celebrities choose to establish single-person agencies because of their tax-saving advantages. However, he emphasized, “The desire for tax savings itself cannot be condemned.” He explained that a one-person agency is simply a form of one-person corporation. As long as the Commercial Act permits the establishment of corporations under the principle of incorporation by registration, there is no legal basis to prohibit their creation, nor can their corporate personhood be arbitrarily denied. He further stressed that publicly disclosing the mere fact of a tax investigation and branding a celebrity as a tax evader is inappropriate. According to Professor Lee, a key reason celebrities establish single-person agencies lies in the disparity between tax rates. While the corporate tax rate is capped at 25%, the top marginal individual income tax rate reaches 45%, meaning incorporation can significantly reduce tax burdens. Additionally, expenses such as salaries for family members, managers, and staff, along with vehicle maintenance, hair and makeup, meals, and wardrobe costs, may be treated as corporate losses or deductible expenses. Professor Lee proposed that authorities first conduct a comprehensive fact-finding survey of single-person agencies. Unregistered entities should be granted a guidance period, followed by strict penalties in cases of non-compliance. Based on those findings, the NTS should then determine whether an agency qualifies as a legitimate and properly functioning corporation before initiating tax audits in situations where tax evasion is suspected. To assess legitimacy, he suggested examining whether the corporation possesses adequate human and material infrastructure, whether it performs substantive roles distinct from a previous management company, and who serves as the contracting party in commercial agreements. Lee Nam-kyung, Secretary-General of the Korea Management Federation, likewise stressed the need to move beyond the simplistic perception that celebrities establish corporations merely to avoid taxes because they earn substantial incomes. She argued that the essential task is to develop sophisticated standards capable of distinguishing lawful management practices from illegal misconduct. She further noted that under the current legal framework, a “corporation that manages oneself” and a “management agency that manages others” are treated identically. This ambiguity, she warned, risks transforming administrative inexperience into what is labeled as illegality. She emphasized the need for institutional reforms that reflect the specific characteristics of artists’ personal corporations, along with standardized taxation guidelines tailored to the entertainment industry. #CHAEUNWOO #차은우 #이동민 #チャウヌ #车银优 #ชาอึนอู #車銀優

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📰 Cha Eunwoo is the one who’s being wronged… Tax administration failing to keep up with the flow of the K-culture industry "There’s been a lot of heated controversy surrounding #CHAEUNWOO lately. The allegation is that he committed tax evasion on a scale of 20 billion won. The core issue is that the agency established by his mother is being portrayed as a trick to evade taxes. By setting up a corporation, instead of paying personal income tax at a top rate of up to 49.5%, they can pay corporate tax at 26%. Is tax evasion rampant among celebrities? No, it’s that one-person agencies have simply become the standard of the times. In the old days, major agencies signed direct management contracts with celebrities. Today, however, major agencies sign contracts with one-person agencies, and the celebrity receives a salary from that one-person agency. But as the Korean Wave took off, celebrities themselves began to take on the characteristics of one-person corporations and started establishing and running their own companies. Yon-sama (Bae Yong-joon) is the classic example. The company he founded, KeyEast, even went public on KOSDAQ. However, due to a lack of professional management expertise, various controversies kept arising. So nowadays, the strengths and weaknesses are combined: major agencies handle production and distribution, while one-person agencies manage the celebrity’s personal brand—a division of labor system. As a result, there are currently 2,376 officially registered agencies with five or fewer employees—in effect, one-person agencies or personal corporations. This model has already become the mainstream in the entertainment industry, and the fact that the Ministry of Culture registers them means the system is being officially acknowledged. By inserting a one-person agency or personal corporation between a major agency and the celebrity, the tax-saving effect is obvious. That’s why tax authorities view celebrities’ one-person agencies as “companies in name only”—at best for tax avoidance, at worst for outright evasion. This perception is strengthened because the representative is often the celebrity’s parent, sibling, or the celebrity themselves. But is it really just a straw for siphoning money? Not necessarily. For example, if the main agency gets caught up in a management rights dispute, it often becomes unable to properly care for its artists, effectively putting their activities on hold. But if there’s a separate one-person agency, the celebrity can continue working stably without any gaps. It’s essential for risk management. The person this applies to most precisely is none other than Cha Eunwoo. His agency, Fantagio, went through chaos when the major shareholder ousted the CEO. When a company reaches that state, dreaming of album production or drama casting contracts becomes impossible. It’s the perfect setup for a career hiatus—except Cha Eunwoo already had his own one-person agency. He directly negotiated with advertisers and production companies to shoot commercials and dramas. So while his agency was in turmoil with ownership changes, Cha Eunwoo starred in hit dramas and reached the peak of his career. The reason Cha Eunwoo was hit with a 20 billion won tax assessment this time is that the tax authorities judged his one-person agency to exist purely for tax evasion—or, put more mildly, tax avoidance. Typical claims include things like “It’s supposedly a company, but it has no office and its registered address is an eel restaurant,” and so on. The tax authorities are saying, “This company has done nothing as a real business. It’s just a shell company created to siphon money through tax evasion.” But as we just saw— when his main agency was in total disarray due to internal disputes, would Cha Eunwoo have been able to hit a career high without that one-person agency? Clearly, this company isn’t just an entity for extracting money; it actually does perform functions..."

📰 Civic Group to File Complaint Against Tax Officials and Journalist Over Leak of Cha Eunwoo’s Tax Information "A civic group specializing in tax issues announced that it will file a police complaint against tax officials and a journalist over the alleged leak of taxation information related to singer and actor Cha Eunwoo (legal name Lee Dongmin) amid controversy surrounding alleged tax evasion. On the 9th, the Korea Taxpayers’ Association said in a notice, “Tomorrow (the 10th) at 11 a.m., in connection with the case in which taxation information related to actor Cha Eunwoo’s tax audit was leaked to the media, we plan to file a complaint with the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency against unidentified tax officials who disclosed the information and the journalist who first reported it, on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act and leaking official secrets under the Criminal Act.” The Korea Taxpayers’ Association is the country’s only tax-focused civic organization dedicated to protecting taxpayers’ rights. It was recently revealed that Cha Eunwoo underwent a high-intensity, unscheduled tax audit by the Investigation Bureau 4 of the Seoul Regional Tax Office in July last year and was subsequently notified of additional tax assessments exceeding 20 billion won. In a press release last month, the Association stated, “Tax avoidance is a taxpayer’s right,” explaining, “If tax avoidance succeeds, it is called ‘tax saving’; if it fails, it becomes ‘tax evasion.’ The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that ‘a taxpayer’s legal right to reduce or avoid taxes within the scope permitted by law can never be questioned.’” The Association also said that labeling a corporation registered under Cha Eunwoo’s mother’s name as a “paper company” violates the presumption of innocence, adding, “In the Nene Chicken case, the National Tax Service accused the company by judging it to be a ‘paper company’ with no human or material infrastructure. Although a guilty verdict was handed down in the first trial, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled the defendant not guilty.” The Association stressed, “Leaking taxation information is illegal. Information related to tax audits of celebrities is difficult to report without a leak of taxation information by tax officials,” and added, “If the Commissioner of the National Tax Service fails to investigate whether a leak occurred and remains idle, this constitutes dereliction of duty. The National Tax Service must conduct a strict internal audit to identify the officials responsible for leaking taxation information and punish them severely.” It concluded, “‘Being subject to additional tax assessments equals deserving criticism’ is not a valid equation,” stating, “Rather, the National Tax Service should be criticized for creating tax laws that are difficult even for experts to understand and for failing to provide sufficient prior guidance. Branding someone a tax evader solely because additional taxes were assessed amounts to character assassination born of ignorance”." #CHAEUNWOO #차은우 #이동민 #チャウヌ #车银优 #ชาอึนอู #車銀優

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📰 Park Young-bum, Tax Accountant: “Cha Eunwoo is also a taxpayer: guaranteeing ‘taxpayer rights’ should take priority over a ‘witch hunt’” Cha Eunwoo, long celebrated as a “face genius” and adored by the public, has recently found himself at the center of a tax-related issue. As soon as news broke about additional tax assessments following a National Tax Service investigation, public opinion turned sharply against him. Even before the facts were clearly established, the media and online communities have been flooding with harsh criticisms, claiming that Cha Eunwoo and his mother will serve prison time as tax evaders. Amidst this torrent of accusations of “moral negligence,” we forget an important fact: Cha Eunwoo is also a citizen of the Republic of Korea and a “taxpayer” entitled to legal protection. — The Wide Gap Between “Tax Evasion” and “Additional Assessments” There is a common tendency to equate additional tax assessments immediately following a tax audit with “intentional tax evasion.” However, tax law is far from simple. Even in corporate accounting, differences in interpretation between the National Tax Service and companies regarding expense reporting occur frequently. The same applies to celebrities. Discrepancies can arise over how much to recognize as deductible for items such as wardrobe costs, vehicle maintenance, and other activity-related expenses, as long as they are not falsely reported or claimed without actual use. There is a clear difference between a “corrected filing,” where additional taxes are paid due to simple accounting errors or differences in tax interpretation, and a malicious “tax fraud,” which involves hiding assets and manipulating records. Until it is clarified whether the allegations against Cha Eunwoo involve intentional tax evasion or are merely additional assessments resulting from legal interpretation, the presumption of innocence must apply. Yet, simply because he is a public figure, unverified accusations spread like wildfire, and calls in the media to “send him to prison” instantly damage his reputation to an irreparable degree. — Taxpayer Rights Charter and Celebrity Human Rights Korea’s Basic National Tax Act explicitly guarantees the “presumption of taxpayer sincerity” and the “right to confidentiality.” Tax audits are supposed to be conducted strictly in private. Yet, results of celebrity audits are often exposed in real time through the media. This is a clear violation of taxpayer rights, carried out under the guise of the public’s right to know. Even though Cha Eunwoo is a star with a public profile, there is no reason for him to be excluded from the basic rights guaranteed by the constitution and the law. While it may be the public’s prerogative to hold him to a high moral standard, treating him as a criminal before legal proceedings are complete constitutes a form of “social punishment.” — What Is Needed Is Rational Oversight, Not Emotional Criticism Of course, it is natural and expected that high-earning celebrities fulfill their tax obligations—a matter of “noblesse oblige.” If intentional tax evasion is proven, criticism is warranted, and he should bear the appropriate legal consequences. But what is needed now is not emotional attacks. What is needed is mature civic awareness—monitoring whether the tax authorities are conducting a fair investigation and whether Cha Eunwoo, as a taxpayer, has the opportunity to properly present his case and receive a lawful judgment. Cha Eunwoo is a citizen before he is a star. If all individuals are equal before taxes, then their rights during a tax audit must also be equal. It is time to stop placing him on the guillotine of public opinion simply because he is famous, before he has had the chance to exercise his legitimate right to defense. Cha Eunwoo also has the right to clarify any grievances and follow proper legal procedures as a taxpayer. #CHAEUNWOO #차은우 #이동민 #チャウヌ #车银优 #ชาอึนอู #車銀優

📰 Korea Taxpayers’ Association slams the National Tax Service over ‘Cha Eunwoo tax evasion allegations’... “leaks of tax information must be punished” Amid controversy over allegations that actor Cha Eunwoo evaded taxes amounting to approximately KRW 20 billion, the Korea Taxpayers’ Association has raised concerns about the leakage of tax information by the National Tax Service (NTS). On the 3rd, the Association issued a statement titled “Immediately stop the character assassination of Cha Eunwoo through false reporting by the media,” criticizing the situation by stating, “The leakage of tax information by the National Tax Service can result in irreparable damage by branding a celebrity as a ‘shameless tax evader’ through character assassination.” Regarding the media reports on Cha Eunwoo’s alleged tax evasion, the Association emphasized that such reporting “infringes on the right to contest unfair tax assessments.” The Association explained, “Under the Framework Act on National Taxes, taxpayers are granted the right to request a pre-assessment review before taxation, and to file objections and appeals after taxation in cases of illegal or unfair tax assessments. The acceptance rate of appeals filed with the Tax Tribunal averages around 26%.” They continued, “In this situation, even if the additional tax assessed through a tax audit is unjust, Cha Eunwoo may be forced to give up his right to appeal due to negative public opinion,” adding that “this infringes upon taxpayers’ rights to challenge unfair taxation and receive refunds.” They also stated that this situation violates the constitutionally guaranteed principle of the presumption of innocence. The Association pointed out that “there are numerous cases in which the National Tax Service’s decisions have been overturned by the Supreme Court,” and criticized the media for “conclusively labeling entities as ‘paper companies’ during the taxation and appeal process, which amounts to prejudicial reporting that undermines appeal and litigation procedures and runs counter to the constitutional principle of the presumption of innocence.” They further directly criticized the NTS, stating, “If tax information is leaked, the foundation of the national tax system collapses.” The Association explained, “The Framework Act on National Taxes strictly prohibits the leakage of tax information, and such leaks are severely punished under the Criminal Act for disclosure of official secrets and under the Personal Information Protection Act. This is because if, as in Cha Eunwoo’s case, expected additional tax amounts from a tax audit and detailed assessment information are leaked and reported by the media, taxpayers will be reluctant to cooperate with tax investigations, ultimately undermining the foundation of the national tax system.” The Association demanded, “The National Tax Service must immediately investigate the leak of tax information and punish those responsible,” and added, “The government should introduce a punitive damages system for harm caused by tax information leaks, and establish provisions in the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act to impose severe criminal penalties on those who leak tax information.” #CHAEUNWOO #차은우 #이동민 #チャウヌ #车银优 #ชาอึนอู #車銀優

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