According to Digital Asset, regarding the disposition by the Korean National Tax Service to levy gift tax on Mr. A for transferring and cashing out 67 bitcoins through his spouse's overseas exchange account to buy a house, the Korean Tax Tribunal recently made a ruling to reopen the investigation. Previously, the tax authorities believed that the transfer of funds from spouse B's account to Mr. A's account constituted a gift. Mr. A argued that he originally held 80 bitcoins, and due to travel rule restrictions, he used his spouse's account as a conduit, and both parties had an agreement. The Tax Tribunal held that the tax investigation at the time did not sufficiently consider evidence submitted by Mr. A, including a memorandum of understanding, a gift contract, and photos of the hardware wallet, and that the actual ownership of the digital assets was not thoroughly investigated.

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GateUser-bee672a5
· 2h ago
Rechecking is a good thing, but how to determine "actual ownership"? On-chain addresses ≠ legal entities, Korea also needs to improve its digital asset education.
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FloatingTeacupClub
· 5h ago
Can hardware wallet photos be used as evidence? On-chain ownership + offline agreements + physical proof, triple self-certification only leads to re-examination. Ordinary people don't have that kind of energy.
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GateUser-ffe7bee5
· 5h ago
This Korean case is interesting: travel rules effectively force married couples to “go through the books” with their transactions, but the tax authority then presses them with gift tax. The court has stopped it and ordered a recheck—so compliance costs for Web3 users are going up again.
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