Comedian charged with tax evasion
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Comedian charged with tax evasion

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Sept 06,2011
 
   
It has been discovered that Kang Ho-dong, one of Korea’s most popular MCs, was levied hundreds of millions of won (hundreds of thousands of dollars) in fines late last month following charges of tax evasion brought by the National Tax Service, according to media reports. The NTS had based the charges on an income tax report Kang had submitted in May.

In responding to reports of his tax evasion charges and subsequent fine, Kang, an ex-ssireum, or Korean wrestling, athlete said in a press release yesterday that it is true he had been under investigation by the government and that the NTS had charged him a fine amounting to hundreds of millions of won.

“I’ve sincerely complied with the tax agency’s investigation over the past several months,” Kang said in the release. “Although my lawyers and accountants contested some of the charges against me over the course of the investigation, in the end the NTS concluded that I paid less tax than I was supposed to. I will pay the fine.”

The 41-year-old MC who speaks in a trademark heavy Gyeongsang dialect began his career in the entertainment business as a comedian. He has been featured on several popular TV shows such as “The Knee-drop Guru” on MBC and “1 Night, 2 Days” on KBS.


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