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Maria Chang is known for her work in international tax matters. She regularly advises on corporate tax and investment-related matters.

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Maria Chang is a senior foreign attorney in the Tax Practice Group at Shin & Kim.
She advises on a wide range of tax issues for foreign clients across various industry sectors, including structuring, tax planning, treaty interpretation and cross-border transactions. She also assists foreign clients in managing tax controversies, including tax audit defense, tax appeals and litigation.
Shin & Kim LLC (2025-Present)
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2009-2025)
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers (2006-2009)
Ohio Bar
IFA 2024 Cape Town Congress – Republic of Korea Branch Report Subject 2 – Practical Approaches to International Tax Dispute Prevention and Resolution (Co-authored)
Tax Disputes and Litigation: South Korea, Lexology, 2025 (Co-authored)
The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review - Korea Chapter, Law Business Research, 2021-2024 (Co-authored)
The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review - Korea Chapter, Law Business Research, 2020-2022 (Co-authored)
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Alternative Funds 2021: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Alternative Funds 2020: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
Foreign Entity Classification in Korea, Tax Notes International Vol. 99 No. 5, pp. 635-638, Tax Analysts, 2020 (Co-authored)
Korea's Evolving Royalty Source Rule, Tax Notes International Vol. 98 No. 4, pp. 447-450, Tax Analysts, 2020 (Co-authored)
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Alternative Funds 2019: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
Recent Changes to South Korea's Corporate Tax Laws, Tax Notes International Vol. 94 No. 6, pp. 541-546, Tax Analysts, 2019 (Co-authored)
Cleveland State University College of Law
J.D.
2006
University of Toronto
B.Sc.
2002
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Maria Chang is known for her work in international tax matters. She regularly advises on corporate tax and investment-related matters.




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She works well and is very meticulous. She's liked by clients.
She works well and is very meticulous. She's liked by clients.
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SUPREME COURT RULING ON KOREAN CUSTOMS DUTY ACT OVER “FREE GOODS”
SUPREME COURT RULING ON KOREAN CUSTOMS DUTY ACT: FREE GOODS SUPPLIED AS VOLUME DISCOUNTS ARE NOT “FREE OF CHARGE GOODS”
Korea to impose VAT on range of inbound direct-to-consumer connected services
<b>10% VAT extended to business-to-consumer (B2C) services including online ad posting, cloud computing, goods/services “intermediation”</b><br><b>Amendments to Value Added Tax Act will take effect from July 1, 2019</b><br><b>Changes will affect B2C services of multinational technology firms, but </b>
SUPREME COURT RULING ON KOREAN CUSTOMS DUTY ACT OVER “FREE GOODS”
SUPREME COURT RULING ON KOREAN CUSTOMS DUTY ACT: FREE GOODS SUPPLIED AS VOLUME DISCOUNTS ARE NOT “FREE OF CHARGE GOODS”
Korea to impose VAT on range of inbound direct-to-consumer connected services
<b>10% VAT extended to business-to-consumer (B2C) services including online ad posting, cloud computing, goods/services “intermediation”</b><br><b>Amendments to Value Added Tax Act will take effect from July 1, 2019</b><br><b>Changes will affect B2C services of multinational technology firms, but </b>