The Team
Learn more about Christie Lee and the Hana Tax team below.
Christie Lee
US CPA
Currently, I lead the International Taxation Team at Hana Tax Management Corporation (Hana Tax), one of the largest tax and accounting firms in Korea. I have consulted with 85+ multinational corporations regarding accounting and tax-related issues, and facilitated over 40 seminars related to accounting, US GAAP and IFRS, Korean tax, and international double taxation.- 19+ years in Korean tax management & accounting
- Bachelor in Business Administration in 1998 Hong-ik University, Seoul Campus
- USA Certified Public Accountant (2003, Maine, USA)
- Member of European Union Committee, Korea
- Member of Australia & New Zealand Commercial Committee, Korea
- English Interpreter Instructor for Korean Institute of Certified Public Tax Accountants
- Advisor to Foreign Advisory Committee of Seoul City Hall
- Member of European Union Committee, Korea
- Seminar Instructor & Advisor to Foreign Startups: SMBA, Seoul Global Center, Seoul Global Startup Center
- Member of Australia & New Zealand Commercial Committee, Korea
- English Interpreter Instructor for Korean Institute of Certified Public Tax Accountants
Michael Lee
Certified Tax Accountant
Michael Lee is the Director of the International Tax Department in Hana Tax and has over 24 years of experience in Korean and international taxation for local and international companies.- Certified Tax Accountant
- National Tax College (1st Year Graduate)
- Jungbu Regional Tax Office
- National Tax Consultation Center
- 24+ year in National Tax Service
Charles Lee
Certified Public Accountant
Charles Lee is a member of the International Tax Department in Hana Tax and has over 10 years of experience. He is specialized on preparing consolidated financial statements, IFRS conversion, Statutory financial audit, Internal control audit, Due diligence, and Attestation.- Certified Public Accountant
- Ernst and young (EY Korea)
- 10+ year of experience
About Christie (Sun-Young) Lee
At Hana Tax, I solve problems and give my clients the peace-of-mind. My clients know that they have a proven professional on their side to help them navigate the world of taxes, accounting and finance in Korea.
About Charles Lee
– Certified Public Accountant
Charles Lee is a member of the International Tax Department in Hana Tax and has over 10 years of experience. He is specialized on preparing consolidated financial statements, IFRS conversion, Statutory financial audit, Internal control audit, Due diligence, and Attestation.
• Certified Public Accountant
• Ernst and young (EY Korea)
• 10+ year of experience
About SeungCheol Yang (Yang)
– Certified Tax Accountant
SeungCheol Yang (Yang) is a member of the International Tax Department in Hana Tax and has over 3 years of experience. He specialized in Capital gains tax, Gift tax, and Inheritance tax and provided advice on M&As for multinational corporations.
• Certified Tax Accountant
• Gahyun Tax
• 3+ year of experience
Why Choose Christie Lee & Hana Tax
ENGLISH SPEAKING
We know that navigating the Korean tax rules and procedures can be difficult for non-Korean speakers. We can help you manage your tax and accounting in English.
STARTUP FRIENDLY
Have a small, solo, or startup business? We help businesses of all sizes. Startup businesses can benefit from a range of tax benefits also. Ask us for more information.
ENTERPRISE SUPPORT
As a full-service tax accounting firm in the heart of Gangnam, we service many international and multi-national corporations. Our Korean tax team can assist corporate and enterprise clients.
Gallery
Christie Lee brings 19+ years of Korean tax and accounting experience, and is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the US. She regularly coaches individuals, startups and teams, and many professionals as well as foreign enterprises operating in Korea.
My Story
Accounting runs in my family, and I still remember my early exposure to the craft from seeing my father come home after a long day at his tax practice. Fast forward ahead to the mid-1990s, and I was an undergraduate working towards my bachelor’s in business administration at Seoul’s Hong-ik University (Hongdae). Like most young business majors, I did not know where my studies would take me; management & strategy, sales & marketing, accounting & finance, operations or human resources?
This uncertainty all changed when my passion for accounting was ignited and made clear during my time as an exchange student in North Carolina, USA.
I had a chance to study at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) from 1996 to 1997, and during my first semester, I enrolled in a class that would become the pivotal point that sparked my future career – ACCT 3136, Managerial Cost Accounting.
This course shattered all my preconceived notions about accounting being dull, boring, or bland. Instead, it took me beyond the spreadsheets, and into the world of a factory production line. Where I was intrigued by the whole process of seeing how raw materials are purchased, molded into a work-in-process, and later finalized as finished products for the marketplace.
The power of numbers truly spoke to me, and I began to understand how this power can transform and empower industries. I was hooked and became a voracious consumer of accounting principles with an insatiable desire for all information accounting. Over the next 19 years my brain became comfortable with the painstaking details of tax codes, and changing rules and regulations. My appetite for this information has become a life-long passion to master accounting as both an art and science.
