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(영문) 서울고등법원 2018. 09. 19. 선고 2017누1136 판결

고의적인 현금매출누락은 ‘사기나 그 밖의 부정한 행위’로 법인세와 소득처분 모두 10년의 부과제척기간이 적용됨[국승]

Case Number of the immediately preceding lawsuit

Gangnam branch support-2017-Gu Partnership-30 ( November 09, 2017)

Title

In case of intentional omission in cash sales, both corporate tax and income disposition are subject to the exclusion period of 10 years.

Summary

The exclusion period of imposition is 10 years because an act of omitting cash sales is an act of false recording in the book, such as preparation of double-entry ledger under Article 3 (6) 1 of the Punishment of Tax Evaders Act, which makes it impossible or considerably difficult to impose and collect taxes.

Related statutes

Article 26-2 of the National Tax Basic Act

Cases

(Chuncheon)Revocation, etc. of the disposition of revocation of imposing corporate tax, 2017Nu1136

Plaintiff and appellant

O high-speed stock company

Defendant, Appellant

O Head of the tax office and one other

Judgment of the first instance court

Chuncheon District Court Decision 2017Guhap30 Decided November 9, 2017

Conclusion of Pleadings

August 22, 2018

Imposition of Judgment

September 19, 2018

Text

1. The plaintiff's appeal against the defendant OO director is dismissed.

2. The primary claim shall be dismissed by this Court against the Director of the Regional Tax Office of defendantO corrected by this Court.

3. The plaintiff's preliminary claim against the Director of the Regional Tax Office added by this Court is dismissed.

4. The costs of appeal between the Plaintiff and Defendant OO director and the costs of lawsuit between the Plaintiff and Defendant OO director are fully borne by the Plaintiff.

Purport of claim and appeal

The judgment of the first instance shall be revoked.

1. The imposition of corporate tax (including additional tax), 51,924,740 won for the Plaintiff on December 1, 2015; the imposition of 64,650,120 won for the total of 12,725,380 won for the Plaintiff; the imposition of corporate tax (including additional tax); the imposition of 268,036,950 won for the year 2006 for the corporate tax (including additional tax); the imposition of 40,410,870 won for the special rural development tax (including additional tax); the imposition of 308,447,820 won for the total of 308,470 won for the year 207; the imposition of additional tax (including additional tax); the imposition of 1,392,39,450 won for the corporate tax (including special rural development tax); the imposition of additional tax for the total of 1,394,154,250 won for the corporate tax (including special rural development tax); the imposition of 13081,1405

2. (a) On December 1, 2015, the commissioner of the regional tax office having jurisdiction over Defendant OOO shall revoke the notification of change of the amount of income in KRW 877,305,252, which was made against the Plaintiff on December 1, 2015, the notification of change of the amount of income in KRW 2,508,987,940, the notification of change of the amount of income in KRW 2,278,219,380, the notification of change of the amount of income in KRW 2,208, and the notification of change of the amount of income in KRW 1,968,021,410, which was made against the Plaintiff in

B. Preliminaryly, on December 1, 2015, the commissioner of the regional tax office of UOO confirms that a notice of the change in the amount of income of KRW 877,305,252, which was given to the Plaintiff on December 1, 2006, a notice of the change in the amount of income of KRW 2,508,987,940, a notice of the change in the amount of income of KRW 2,278,219,380, a notice of the change in the amount of income of KRW 2,208, a disposition of the change in the amount of income of KRW 2,278,219,380, a disposition of

Reasons

1. Quotation of judgment of the first instance;

(4) The reasoning of the judgment of the court is as follows: (1) additional tax returns of the plaintiff 10 to 20 years are added to the plaintiff's allegation that additional tax had been made by the court; (2) it is identical to the statement of the first instance court other than those attached to the plaintiff 200,000 won; (3) it is difficult for the plaintiff to file a false tax return of 10 to 200,000 won; (2) it is hard for the plaintiff to file a false tax return of 20,000 won to find out the facts of omission of cash sales between 10,000 won and 20,000 won; and (3) it is difficult for 20,000,0000 won to file a false tax return of 1 to 20,000 won; (4) it is difficult for 20,000,000 won to file a false tax return of 2,000 won or more; and (4) it is unlawful for the plaintiff to file a false tax office.

○ The Director of the Regional Tax Office of OO as of No. 11 and No. 17 of the judgment of the first instance, respectively, shall be changed to "the Director of the Regional Tax Office of OOO".

○ The 2nd, the 14th, 15th, and 20th, the 2nd, the 15th, and the 20th, respectively, shall be changed to the "the head of the Defendant OO."

○ The second instance judgment "6,120,354,420 won" in the 19th instance judgment is changed to "18,249,094,72 won".

○ It shall be amended from 3 to 6th of the judgment of the first instance court as follows.

E. On February 26, 2016, the Plaintiff filed a request for examination with the Board of Audit and Inspection against the notice of change in income amount of KRW 7,838,479,702, which is the sum of KRW 7,838,479,702, among the notice of change in income amount issued by the Commissioner of the Regional Tax Office of defendant OO on February 26, 2016. However, the request for examination

F. On June 19, 2018, the Commissioner of the Regional Tax Office ex officio revoked the notification of change in the amount of income of KRW 205,945,720 for the Plaintiff (hereinafter “the notification of change in the amount of income of KRW 7,632,53,982 for the year 2006 through 2009”).

○ The 3rd judgment of the first instance court is changed to “Defendant’s assertion” in the 17th judgment.

○ From 4th to 13th, the first instance court's decision shall be deleted.

○ The fourth decision of the first instance court shall be amended to “A,” and the sixth third decision of the first instance shall be amended to “B.”

○ It amends the first instance court’s judgment No. 6. 4 to “influence or illegality” as “influence”.

○ Attached Form 2 of the Judgment of the first instance court shall be changed to Attached Form 2 of this Judgment.

2. Additional determination

A. The plaintiff's assertion

On February 26, 2016, the Plaintiff filed a request for examination with the Board of Audit and Inspection as to the disposition of income in the instant case with the Commissioner of the Regional Tax Office, but the Board of Audit and Inspection did not make a decision to the Board of Audit and Inspection to the effect that the period of deliberation expires for three months. In such cases, even if the Board of Audit and Inspection did not make a decision, the Plaintiff ought to be deemed to have passed the procedure

B. Determination

Article 46 (3) of the Board of Audit and Inspection Act provides that the Board of Audit and Inspection shall make a decision on the request for examination within three months from the date of receipt of the request, except in extenuating circumstances. Article 46-2 of the Board of Audit and Inspection Act provides that "the applicant may file an administrative suit against the disposition of the head of an administrative agency which has undergone a request for examination or a decision under Articles 43 and 46 within 90 days from the date the relevant disposition agency is notified of the decision." Meanwhile, the Board of Audit and Inspection does not have the same provision as Article 56 (3) of the Framework Act on National Taxes that an administrative litigation may be filed from the date the period for decision expires even before the notice of decision is received, and it is difficult to view that the above provision of the Framework Act on National Taxes can be applied by analogy to the request for examination of the Board of Audit and Inspection

3. Determination as to the conjunctive claim that the plaintiff added in this court

A. The plaintiff's assertion

1) The latter part of Article 26-2(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes shall be interpreted to apply to cases where an independent fraud or other unlawful act concerning the evasion of income tax, other than fraud or other unlawful act to evade corporate tax, is recognized. Since the Plaintiff did not engage in fraud or other unlawful act with respect to the evasion of income tax, the latter part of Article 26-2(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes does not apply, and accordingly, the exclusion period for exclusion of five years shall apply to income tax, not with the exclusion period for exclusion of ten years. The instant disposition of income taken against the Plaintiff by Defendant OOO regional tax office on December 1, 2015 is null and void since the exclusion period for exclusion of five years has already lapsed.

2) Under the principle of prohibition of retroactive legislation and the principle of protection of trust, the latter part of Article 26-2(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes newly enacted by Act No. 111124, Dec. 31, 201; the latter part of Article 26-2(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes (amended by Act No. 11124, Jan. 1, 2012), shall apply to the portion to which the exclusion period begins after January 1, 2012, and cannot be applied to the portion to which the exclusion period is in progress at the time of the enforcement of the amended Act. Therefore, the Plaintiff’s income tax for the year 2006 through 209 ought to be subject to the exclusion period of 10 years, not to the exclusion period of 5 years. The instant income disposition against the Plaintiff on December 1, 2015 is null and void since the exclusion period of

B. Determination

1) Article 26-2(1)1 of the former Framework Act on National Taxes (amended by Act No. 11124, Dec. 31, 201) provides that “where a taxpayer evades a national tax, obtains a refund or deduction by fraudulent or other unlawful means, it shall be ten years from the date on which the national tax can be imposed, and where a taxpayer does not fall under subparagraph 1, subparagraph 3 of the same Article, it shall be five years from the date on which the national tax can be imposed.”

However, Article 26-2(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes (amended by Act No. 111124, Dec. 31, 2011) newly established a provision that "if the national tax evaded, refunded, or deducted due to an unlawful act is corporate tax, it shall be for ten years from the date on which the income tax can be imposed on the amount disposed of pursuant to Article 67 of the Corporate Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as "amended provision"). In relation to the application of the amended provision, Article 2(1) of the Addenda of the Framework Act on National Taxes (amended by Act No. 26-2(1)1 of the amended provision provides that "the latter part of Article 26-2(1) of the same Act shall apply from the amount disposed of pursuant to Article 67 of the Corporate Tax Act for the first time after January 1,

The above amended provisions stipulate that even if the exclusion period of corporate tax is ten years due to a corporate fraud or other unlawful act, it is difficult to deem that the representative of a corporation has been expected to receive the bonus disposal or the constructive excess disposal due to the name of the portion to be reverted even if the exclusion period of corporate tax falls under ten years, and thus, the exclusion period of imposition of global income tax due to bonus disposal or the constructive excess disposal is five years in principle (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decisions 2007Du20959, Jan. 28, 2010; 2007Du11382, Apr. 29, 2010); and the exclusion period of imposition of income tax on the amount disposed of as bonus and dividend in relation to the corporate tax evaded by fraud or other unlawful act is set up for ten years as well as corporate tax.

However, inasmuch as it is recognized that the Plaintiff committed fraud or other unlawful act to evade corporate tax, the latter part of Article 26(1)1 of the Framework Act on National Taxes, even if the Plaintiff did not commit an independent fraud or other unlawful act regarding the evasion of income tax, the exclusion period for imposition of income tax becomes ten years. Therefore, the disposition of income in this case, which the director of the regional tax office of defendant OOO against the Plaintiff on December 1, 2015, was lawful since it was within the exclusion period for imposition of ten years.

2) Although it is not allowed to regulate the past facts and legal relations, it is not allowed to do so even when the so-called quasi-appeal legislation covering the fact relevance is in progress or the exclusion period is in progress at the time of the amendment (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 2005Du2612, Jul. 26, 2007). If the supplementary provision of the amended provision is interpreted only in accordance with the language and text, if the disposition of income under Article 67 of the Corporate Tax Act takes place after January 1, 2012, the exclusion period of imposition of income tax or corporate tax from the disposition of income may always be ten years, but as seen earlier, the said supplementary provision of the amended provision of the Corporate Tax Act cannot be applied if it is deemed that the income tax has already been reduced or exempted before the exclusion period of imposition expires (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 201Du26151, Mar. 27, 2014).

In addition, in order to determine whether the amendment of the statutes violates the principle of protection of trust by infringing the trust of the parties to the existence of the statutes, on the one hand, on the other, the purpose of public interest realized through the amended statutes should be comprehensively compared and balanced (see, e.g., Supreme Court en banc Decision 2003Du12899, Nov. 16, 2006). Even if the taxpayer’s trust is somewhat infringed due to the amended regulations, the amended regulations were established for the purpose of 10 years as well as income tax on the amount disposed of as bonus, dividend, etc. with respect to corporate tax evaded by fraud or other unlawful act, and thus, the purpose of public interest is apparent. The issues are merely extending the exclusion period of taxation from 5 years to 10 years under the expiration of the exclusion period of taxation without the expiration of the exclusion period of taxation. In light of the above, it is difficult to see that new tax liability is imposed on the taxpayer, and where a corporation evades corporate tax refund or deduction by unlawful act, it is more difficult to apply the amended regulations to protect its trust.

The amended provisions came into effect on January 1, 2012, before the expiration of five years from the exclusion period of income tax for the Plaintiff in the year 2006 through 2009. Since Defendant OOO regional tax office first received the instant income tax for the Plaintiff in the year 2006 through 2009, the exclusion period of imposition of income tax for the Plaintiff in the year 2006 through 2009 based on the instant income disposition is 10 years since the revised provisions apply. Accordingly, the instant income disposition that Defendant OOO regional tax office made against the Plaintiff on December 1, 2015 was lawful since the exclusion period of imposition of income tax for the Plaintiff in the year 2006 through 2009.

3. Conclusion

Therefore, the plaintiff's claim against the director of the regional tax office of defendant OO is dismissed as it is without merit. The judgment of the court of first instance is just, and the plaintiff's appeal against the director of the regional tax office of defendantOO must be dismissed as it is without merit. Since the part of the plaintiff's main claim against the director of the regional tax office of defendantOO corrected by the court is illegal, it is dismissed as it is not proper. The plaintiff's conjunctive claim against the director of the regional tax office of defendantOO added by this court is dismissed as it is