TAX MONEY DETECTIVE

Tax Money Detective

Where did our tax money go?

From budgets to contractors, change orders, political and business ties, audits and investigations. Not how much was spent, but where it went and what is left.

AFFORDABILITY BOTTLENECK

The price of a tax-funded project is set by contract method, award rate and budget increases. Who set it, and how, split into verified facts and claims.

Bottleneck examined: Price · causes checked: regulation, market power

What a price bottleneck is · Who made this price — a case is labelled only with evidence.

How to read this

Documented facts, press reports, allegations and official responses are kept apart and labelled. Red flags are patterns worth a look, not findings; there is no single score. The same rules apply to every party and government.

PROJECTS

Find a project

2 of 2 projects

Expo · Operating · Under investigation (reported) · 여수세계섬박람회 조직위원회

2026 Yeosu World Island Expo

Cost / public money
₩71.3bn / ₩59.3bn
Biggest contractor
엠비씨플러스 ₩19.79bn
Budget vs approval
+187.5%
Visitors target / actual
3,000,000 / 431,198 (pending)
Red flags · ongoing oversight · confirmed misconduct
8 · 3 · 0

Public event · Completed · 2023 새만금 세계스카우트잼버리 조직위원회

2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree

Cost / public money
₩117.1bn / ₩72.2bn
Biggest contractor
—
Budget vs approval
+138.5%
Visitors target / actual
—
Red flags · ongoing oversight · confirmed misconduct
1 · 0 · 0

METHOD

Every project is traced in the same order

Tax money in → Decision → Tender → Prime contract → Subcontracts and agencies → What was built or held → Visitors, users, revenue → Upkeep → Audit, investigation, ruling

VERIFIED · Verified
Confirmed by a ruling, audit finding or official investigation result
DOCUMENTED · Documented connection
An objective link (registry, career, donation) exists; no wrongdoing established
REPORTED · Reported
Reported by the press, not finally established
ALLEGED · Alleged
A claim or allegation only
NO EVIDENCE FOUND · No evidence found
No supporting evidence found so far
NOT CHECKED · Not checked
AMS has not checked this yet — not the same as "clean"

WATCH & REPORT

Found a project that looks wrong?

ACRC Clean Portal
Corruption and public-interest whistleblowing (with reporter protection)
Board of Audit and Inspection
Audit tips and citizen audit requests
e-People
Complaints to agencies, requests to local audit offices
Fair Trade Commission
Bid-rigging reports
Open Government portal
Freedom-of-information requests for contracts and settlements
KONEPS
Tenders, bid openings, contracts
Local Finance 365
Local budgets, settlements and spending by programme
National Election Commission
Political finance reports, large-donor disclosures

Documents to request under FOI — Project plan / master plan · Contract · Change orders with reasons · Settlement report · Cost calculation and bill of quantities · Statement of work · Bid proposal · Evaluation sheets and panel composition · Subcontract list · Trip reports

TIP

Report how tax money was used

Tips are never published automatically; they are stored as unverified user reports. Only facts confirmed by official documents, contracts or KONEPS reach the page. Do not include private individuals’ names, contact details or unproven accusations — for whistleblower protection use the ACRC Clean Portal.

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