The National Tax Service ( NTS ) is conducting tax investigations against 144 celebrities suspected of allegedly evading income taxes worth billions of won . Commissioner Kim Gap - soon of the Seoul Regional National Tax Service was questioned at the parliamentary inspection of the National Assembly ’ s Strategy and Finance Committee on October 10 whether tax investigations are being progressed based on the data of income tax evading celebrities which the prosecutors recently handed over to NTS , where he stated , “ It is currently under progress . ” Whilst investigating entertainment agencies in July , prosecutors had unveiled a number of celebrities evading income tax for a considerable amount of income which had been received after performing in bars , and their charges have been reported to NTS . The 144 personalities that are being tax investigated are suspected to have evaded a total of 8 . 35 billion won . [ Dong - eun Lee / JYJ ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]