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(영문) 대법원 1995. 10. 12. 선고 95누1705 판결

[상속세부과처분취소][공1995.12.1.(1005),3815]

Main Issues

Where an application for payment in kind under Article 29 of the Inheritance Tax Act has been withdrawn, whether an additional payment in arrears may be imposed.

Summary of Judgment

If a taxpayer files an application for payment in kind in accordance with Article 29 of the Inheritance Tax Act with respect to the reported tax amount upon filing a voluntary return of inheritance tax, he does not have the obligation to pay it voluntarily within the deadline for report under Article 20-2 (2) of the same Act, and even if an application for payment in kind was withdrawn upon the recommendation of the tax authority, it does not have the retroactive effect on withdrawal. Thus, for the period from the day following the due date for report payment to the date of withdrawal,

[Reference Provisions]

Articles 20-2(2), 26(2), and 29 of the Inheritance Tax Act

Reference Cases

[Plaintiff-Appellant] Plaintiff 1 and 1 other (Law Firm Gyeong, Attorneys Choi Gyeong-soo et al., Counsel for plaintiff-appellant)

Plaintiff-Appellee

Plaintiff 1 and 5 others, Attorneys Ansan-il, Counsel for the plaintiff-appellant

Defendant-Appellant

Head of Seocho Tax Office

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul High Court Decision 94Gu1189 delivered on December 22, 1994

Text

The appeal is dismissed.

The costs of appeal are assessed against the defendant.

Reasons

We examine the grounds of appeal.

If a person files an application for payment in kind with respect to the reported tax amount in accordance with Article 29 of the Inheritance Tax Act with voluntary declaration of inheritance tax, he does not have the obligation to pay it by annual installments within the report deadline under Article 20-2 (2) of the same Act, and thereafter, even if he withdraws the application for payment in annual installments upon the recommendation of the tax authority, there is no retroactive effect on withdrawal. Thus, for the period from the day following the due date of report payment to the date of withdrawal, an additional tax

The judgment below to the same purport is just, and there is no error in the misapprehension of legal principles as alleged by the defendant.

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed and all costs of appeal are assessed against the losing party. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.

Justices Lee Jae-soo (Presiding Justice)