Samsung heirs to pay $10b in tax, donate Monet, Picasso works
National
April 29, 2021
SEOUL: The heirs to South Korea´s Samsung group announced their plans to pay more than $10 billion in death duties Wednesday -- one of the world´s biggest-ever inheritance tax settlements -- and donate an art trove including works by Monet and Picasso.
Lee Kun-hee, the late Samsung Electronics chairman, was the country´s richest man when he died last October at age 78 after being hospitalised for years, leaving an estimated 22 trillion won ($19.6 billion) in assets. South Korea has stringent inheritance tax laws and high rates, resulting in a hefty bill for the family, including Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, who is currently in jail for bribery, embezzlement and other offences.