Anti-corruption measures in the tax field in the new government

Abstract

Although tax evasion due to tax investigation (including tax violation investigation), tax fraud and other misconduct is strictly punished by the Tax Criminal Punishment Act, tax corruption has not been reduced. Moreover, by avoiding tax in order to reduce the tax burden under the tax law, fair taxation among taxpayers is overshadowed. In particular, in the area of ​​tax law, due to the expertise, specificity, and complexity of the tax law, taxpayers secretly and unreasonably reduce their tax burden, which is becoming a social issue. Therefore, when the new government seeks anti-corruption measures in the field of tax law, it reviews the anti-corruption system under the current tax law, and as a legal task, it stipulates the tax avoidance system, introduces the self-information disclosure system for delinquents, introduces the offshore tax evasion prevention law, and prevents tax evasion. We present improvement points by considering the introduction of a tax investigation system using artificial intelligence and measures to strengthen tax evasion suppression through rationalization of administrative penalties such as tax evasion.