국세청이 10일 오전 LG화학에 대한 고강도 세무조사에 착수한대 이어 LG 하우시스도 조사 대상에 포함된 것으로 확인되면서 대대적인 LG 계열사 세무조사 배경에 대한 관심이 증폭되고 있다.10일 오전 국세청 조사국 직원 40여명이 서울 여의도 LG화학 본사에서 약 2시간의 실랑이 끝에 자료를 확보했다. 이날 국세청에서는 추가로 약 100여명의 직원을 LG하우시스 본사에도 투입해 회계장부 등 영치를 진행한 것으로 알려졌다. 이번 세무조사가 LG그룹에 대한 집중 조사가 아닌지 의심되는 가운데 LG의 다른 계열사들도 상황을 예의 주시하고 있다. LG하우시스 관계자는 “통상적으로 회사가 설립된 지 5년째에 세무조사가 이뤄지므로 예상 가능한 일이었다”고 설명했다.일각에서는 이번 조사가 탈세혐의를 기반으로 한 특별 세무조사라는 해석이 나오고 있다.(코리아헤럴드 석지현 기자)<관련 영문 기사>NTS raids LG Hausys, LG Chem in tax probe   Tax investigat

The Korea Exchange Bank said on Monday it would open a subsidiary in Moscow this year as more South Korean companies are seeking to expand business opportunities in Russia. The country’s fifth-largest lender will focus on localizing financial services that include plans for developing retail banking businesses and offering financial services to both Russian and South Korean firms doing business in the area, bank officials said. The new subsidiary is being launched six years after KEB opened a Mo

An employee of the country’s third-largest bank was belatedly found to have misappropriated a massive amount of money from the bank last year, regulators said Monday.The entry-level employee was caught embezzling about 131 million won ($127,900) from the bank over the course of several months for personal use, the Financial Supervisory Service revealed. Shinhan Bank detected the case in December last year and immediately reported the case to the FSS, according to the bank officials. The bank dis

The Financial Services Commission on Wednesday authorized Taiwan-based Yuanta Securities’ stock acquisition of Tong Yang Group’s troubled brokerage house.Yuanta’s shares will represent about 53.6 percent of Tong Yang Security’s outstanding shares, replacing Tong Yang International and Tong Yang Leisure as the largest stakeholder. “We’re hoping that the merger can help (Tong Yang Securities) introduce investment products that target both the domestic and overseas market,” an official from the Sou

Seoul Metro CEO Chang Jung-woo resigned Friday over the subway collision on Line 2 that injured more than 246 people last week. A train rear-ended another at Sangwangsimni Station on Seoul’s busiest subway line on May 2. The operator said the accident was caused by an apparent mechanical malfunction of its signal system. A second accident Thursday on Line 1 is likely to have increased the pressure for Chung to resign. “(Those involved) will be held responsible,” Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said in

Prosecutors have indicted former STX Group chairman Kang Duk-soo over alleged business malpractice and embezzlement, officials said Thursday. Kang was accused of illegally funneling funds from STX Heavy Industries Co., a financially troubled shipbuilder, to support other affiliates in trouble. He was also suspected to have misappropriated company money to bribe political circles. The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office said in its interim report that Kang allegedly made undue profits with fabricat