Recently quite a number of celebrities have fallen under suspicion of tax evasion, and some of them caused a sensation by revealing the fact that they have been charged millions of dollars in restitution for the crime. The rReason why the news that celebrities and public figures have evaded taxes is bringing more outrage is because they are earnning millions in a short amount of time. There are so many people whose annual income doesn’t come close to the amount the celebrities are paying for their taxes, and the news that they’ve not done their duties might be enraging for public. Tax evasion of the celebrities is not the first time it has been brought up as a hot potato. Let’s find out more about this.

Why do celebrities, or people, notdon’t like to pay taxes? Of course, because the fixed amount of money that people earned from hard working hasve to be paid to the government., A and also the taxes people have payid should be used for improving the welfare of the country but peoplethey don’t feel like the taxes areit is being used right. Also, due to the characteristics of their jobs, celebrities or other big corporations are easier atto evadinge the taxes if they try to do so, whereas most of the citizens or, office workers who receive monthly checks almost have no opportunity of tax evasion. Even though many people assume there are many ordinary citizens who tryies to evade taxes, the reason why celebrities are being pointed at more being pointed at is because celebrities live off people’s attention and love. They entertain the public in front of them through TV and radio and earn profits, but they are breaking thea law in the back, specificallyespecially the law that is related to money. Doing this is not righteous.

The rRecent celebrity tax evasion scandal started off by Gang-Ho-Dong., heHe announced that he would voluntarily resign all the TV shows and programs he was responsible for and later he was accused of tax evasion. Gang-Ho-Dong has led couple of TV shows as the role of “Public’s MC.”, Aand at the moment that seemed everything was going well, he decided to drop out of all the TV programs on his ownby his will, and for that point he is thought of as a more conscientious person than others who have denied they have evaded taxes. But tax evasion is an obvious illegal activity, and since they are celebrities who have a lot of impact on the public, they shouldn’t have done it.

Celebrities involved in the same crime were accused one after the other, and how did citizens react to that? Despite the series of suspicions, citizens don’t seem very interested as they were when Gang-Ho-Dong first dropped thea bomb. That is because citizens are already well aware of the fact that tax evasion for celebrities and businesses is like a piece of cake and that it happens often., Tthey don’t feel like they need to lash out at these celebrities aloneonly, because there would be a lot more that just didn’t get busted. If celebrities evade taxes and they don’t get the punishments they deserve, not only would there be a higher chance of celebrities evading taxes, but also the recognition of the taxes of the citizens will get worse. Currently, a tax is being thought as something they pay for only because they need to, but originally, the purpose of collecting taxes wais to improve the country they live in, and to raise the quality of life of the citizens and their welfare system. Therefore, in order for citizens to think well of taxes, celebrities should stop evading taxes that gives such despondency and a bad impression of taxes to citizens.

In order to solve this problem, there should be harsh punishment for any of those that evades taxes, a more detailed inspection of the National Tax Service, and fundamentally the government ought to show citizens that they are using the collected taxes for the right purposes. PeopleJob like celebrities needs to be very concerned about their image as favorable peoplerson, but if they commit a crime like tax evasion or any kind, it would be a big blow to their profession, and of course they shouldn’t do it for the reasons of conscience. They are one of the citizens of Korea before they are celebrities. Thus,, they are liable to taxation and they must abide by the law.
 

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