YOON&YANG
Yoon & Yang’s Tax Practice effectively defends clients against a full range of tax-related criminal charges in the tax authority’s investigations, law enforcement agency’s investigations, and criminal litigations.
If a company is suspected of omitting material information in a tax return or receiving falsified tax invoices during a tax audit, the tax authority, after investigation, files criminal charges against the company with the law enforcement agency for violation of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act. Yoon & Yang’s Tax Practice has successfully obtained optimal results for clients by cooperating with attorneys from our Criminal Defense Practice who were former prosecutors Office and developing an effective legal strategy based on in-depth legal expertise and extensive pragmatic experience in tax laws and regulations.

Key Services

  • Responding to investigations conducted by tax authorities
  • Responding to investigations conducted by the National Police Agency and the Prosecutors’ Office
  • Defending clients against tax-related criminal charges

Representative Cases

  • Defended Company C against a criminal charge of corporate tax evasion
  • Defended a global tobacco manufacturer against a criminal charge of tobacco tax evasion
  • Criminal defense regarding the receipt of falsified tax invoices in a asphalt export transaction
  • Criminal defense regarding the receipt of falsified tax invoices for service fees of a real estate unit sale agency
  • Criminal defense regarding value-added tax evasion in a gold ingot distribution transaction
  • Defended a company conducting business overseas against a criminal charge of offshore tax evasion (“Shipping Magnate” case)
  • Defended Company S against a criminal charge relating to its receipt of falsified tax invoices for the services fees payable to its subcontractor pursuant to an outsourcing agreement between the parties
  • Defended a large trade company against criminal charges of customs duty evasion and flight of assets abroad
  • Defended a leading wind power company and other multinational companies as well as individuals against criminal charges of the failure to report overases financial accounts