{"id":157535,"date":"2026-01-26T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=157535"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:37:07","slug":"cha-eunwoo-could-face-prison-for-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/cha-eunwoo-could-face-prison-for-tax-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Cha Eunwoo could face prison for tax evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean media outlets made several reports regarding <strong>Cha Eunwoo<\/strong>\u2019s possible punishment for allegedly evading taxes. The idol is currently under heavy scrutiny after he was told to pay more than $13,878,678 in additional taxes.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s National Tax Service is demanding that Cha Eunwoo pay the additional taxes. However, specialists claimed that a large part of that amount is actually penalties due to allegedly <strong>underreported income<\/strong> or<strong> improper methods<\/strong> used to reduce taxes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years.jpg\" alt=\"Cha Eunwoo might be facing 5 years without bail \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-Cha-Eunwoo-really-evaded-taxes-he-might-go-jail-for-5-years-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These penalties alone can reach 40% of the base amount, with additional charges applied for late payment. The South Korean government reportedly believes this may not have been an honest <strong>mistake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If the NTS determines that the actions were deliberate, the matter would be referred to prosecutors. I<strong>f the evaded tax amounts are confirmed to exceed $6,936,208.00, Cha Eunwoo could face at least five years in prison<\/strong>, with no option for a suspended sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean media outlets made several reports regarding Cha Eunwoo\u2019s possible punishment for allegedly evading taxes. The idol is currently under heavy scrutiny after he was told to pay more than $13,878,678 in additional taxes. South Korea\u2019s National Tax Service is demanding that Cha Eunwoo pay the additional taxes. However, specialists claimed that a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":157537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1967],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-cha-eunwoo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157535"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=157535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}