Crypto World News reports that, according to Digital Asset, the Korean Tax Tribunal recently made a ruling to reopen an investigation into the case where the National Tax Service imposed gift tax on Mr. A for transferring and cashing out 67 bitcoins through his spouse's overseas exchange account to buy a house.


The tax authorities previously 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 only used his spouse's account due to travel rule restrictions, and that there was an agreement between both parties.
The Tax Tribunal considered that the tax investigation at the time did not sufficiently consider evidence submitted by Mr. A, such as a memorandum of understanding, gift contract, and photos of the hardware wallet, and also lacked thorough investigation into the actual ownership of the digital assets.
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NarrativeCartographer
· 6h ago
Korean tax authorities are finally starting to take on-chain evidence seriously; hardware wallet photos can now be used as courtroom evidence. Mr. A has a chance to turn the tables.
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GateUser-deff9ed8
· 6h ago
The core dispute in the gift tax case involving 67 BTC is actually "actual control" vs. "nominal ownership." The operations driven by the travel rule have instead become the focal point of the controversy.
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Re-StakingSucculents
· 6h ago
Transferring funds between spouse accounts is very common in the crypto space. This ruling indicates that tax investigations cannot rely solely on transfer records; they must penetrate to the actual ownership rights.
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