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Samsung family completes 12 trillion won inheritance tax payment for Lee Kun-hee
The Samsung family has completed payment of 12 trillion won in inheritance tax on the estate of the late former chairman Lee Kun-hee over five years, finishing six installments, heirs said on Saturday. The amount is about 50 percent more than South Korea’s 2024 inheritance tax revenue of 8.2 trillion won and is the largest such payment since the country’s founding. The estate included stakes in affiliates and real estate.
