Case Number of the immediately preceding lawsuit
Seoul Administrative Court-2015-Gu Partnership-811 ( November 10, 2016)
Title
Donation of title trust
Summary
As long as the title trust is acknowledged, there is the burden of proof for the claimant that there was no purpose of tax avoidance.
Related statutes
Article 45-2 of the Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax Act;
Cases
Seoul High Court 2016Nu7884 Revocation of Disposition of Imposing Gift Tax
Plaintiff and appellant
AAA and one other
Defendant, Appellant
BB Head of the tax office and one other
Judgment of the first instance court
November 10, 2016
Conclusion of Pleadings
on October 28, 2017
Imposition of Judgment
on October 18, 2017
Text
1. All appeals filed by the plaintiffs are dismissed. 2. The costs of appeal are assessed against the plaintiffs.
Purport of claim and appeal
The judgment of the court of first instance shall be revoked. The decision of the head of the defendant BB Tax Office against the plaintiff AA on March 19, 2015
The imposition of gift tax of KRW 25,328,990 (including additional tax) and the head of Defendant CCC Tax Office on March 13, 2015.
Plaintiff
The imposition of gift tax of KRW 21,765,350 (including additional tax) on D shall be revoked.
Reasons
The reasoning for the court's explanation concerning this case is as stated in the reasoning of the judgment of the first instance except for adding "(25) evidence" to five (5) pages of the judgment of the first instance, five (6) of the first instance court's five (6). Thus, this Court shall accept it in accordance with Article 8 (2) of the Administrative Litigation Act and Article 420 of the Civil Procedure Act.
If so, the judgment of the first instance court is justifiable, and the plaintiffs' appeal is dismissed as it is without merit.