Actress Kim Tae Hee's agency Story J Company has issued a statement of clarification as to why the actress was required to pay a large amount of additional taxes for 2022. 

On March 1, various media outlets reported that Kim Tae Hee had undergone strict auditing for her taxable income in 2022. Afterward, it was concluded that she would be required to pay a large sum in taxes, several 100 million KRW.

Now, in response to the reports, Story J Company clarified, "For numerous years, Kim Tae Hee has paid for and filed her taxes diligently and honestly. This year as well, Kim Tae Hee honestly followed the regulations drawn up by the national tax service and and paid all required taxes on time."

The agency then continued that mistakes inevitably arose as a result of her transition from her former to her current agency, and said, "Revenues were reported diligently by both Kim Tae Hee's management and her former agency, and all due tax payments were made; however, her former agency treated the revenues from Kim Tae Hee's [advertisement] deals as Kim Tae Hee's sole revenue. Due to this internal conflict, there was a delay in the reporting of these earnings."

Kim Tae Hee's side concluded, "We would like to emphasize that no disgraceful activities took place during the auditing process, only that the actress was required to pay additional taxes, which she did diligently."