More than 8 trillion won in virtual currency held overseas by Seoul residents, 90% of them under 30s = South Korea

It has been revealed that the amount of virtual currency held in overseas accounts by residents of Seoul, South Korea, has exceeded 8 trillion won (approximately 884 billion yen). In particular, the ownership rate among people under 30 has approached 90%.
According to documents submitted by the National Tax Service on the 14th to the office of Representative Yang Kyung-sook of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, 8.1362 trillion yen in foreign virtual currency was declared to the National Tax Service by 619 people living in Seoul this year.
The total amount was KRW (approximately 899 billion yen). The average amount declared per person is 13.1 billion won (approximately 1.4 billion yen). The amount of foreign virtual currency declared by Seoul residents is the total personal declared amount (10.415 trillion yen).
billion won), accounting for 78% of the total, the highest in the nation. Even in virtual currency, the phenomenon of concentration in Seoul was noticeable. Looking at the amount declared by age of filers in Seoul, those in their 30s accounted for 5.9 trillion won (
651.8 billion yen), and those in their 20s and under ranked second with 1.3 trillion won (approximately 143.6 billion yen). Of the total amount declared, 88.5% was filed by people in their 30s and under.
Become. Looking at the amount declared per person by age, those in their 30s had the highest amount of 21.3 billion won (approximately 2,353.4 million yen), while those under 20 reported 15 billion won (approximately 1,657.3 million yen). Four
Other age groups such as 0s (4 billion won, approx. 441.95 million yen), 60s and above (3.5 billion won, approx. 386.7 million yen), and teenagers (2.1 billion won, approx. 232 million yen) per capita
The amount declared was also much higher than 2 billion won (approximately 221 million yen). In Gyeonggi-do, 325 people declared a total of 1.091 trillion won (approximately 111.5 billion yen) of foreign virtual currency and
The size of the declaration was the second largest after Le. Chungcheongbukdo (Chungcheongbuk-do, 23 people, 204.2 billion won (approximately 22.5 billion yen)) is the only region other than Seoul and Gyeonggi where the declared amount is 2000.
It exceeded 100 million won. Daegu (Daegu, 45 people, 157.6 billion won (approx. 17.5 billion yen)), Kyungsang Namdo (Gyeongsangnam-do, 47 people, 144.2 billion won (approx. 16 billion yen)), Chungcheonna
Residents of Mudo (South Chungcheong Province, 18 people, 139.8 billion won (approx. 15.5 billion yen)) and Incheon (Incheon, 58 people, 133.5 billion won (approx. 14.7 billion yen)) received a total of 100 billion won (approximately 14.7 billion yen).
Those who declared virtual currency worth 1 billion yen or more were counted. Representative Yang Kyung-sook said, ``This year, we hope that virtual currency-related data will be continuously accumulated, including overseas virtual currency declarations for the first time.
``The National Tax Agency must proactively encourage virtual currency holders to make honest declarations and thoroughly prevent the leakage of tax sources from virtual currencies.''
On the other hand, individuals and corporations with overseas financial account balances exceeding 500 million won (approximately 55 million yen) even on a single day as of the last day of each month from January to December of last year
must be declared to the tax authorities. Until last year, only cash, stocks, bonds, collective investment securities, and derivatives were subject to declaration, but from this year virtual currencies are also included.