Completely Changed 'Sontax'... Full Overhaul of Authentication System and Design, Expansion to Over 100 Services

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The National Tax Service announced on the 10th that it has completely revamped the authentication system and design of the mobile Hometax (Sontax) and added over 100 services.

The newly updated Sontax not only allows users to view simplified year-end tax settlement data but also automatically calculates the estimated year-end tax amount using the downloaded data.

The simplified year-end tax settlement service will be launched from 8 a.m. on the 15th.

When companies use Hometax’s convenient year-end tax settlement service, employees can prepare income and tax deduction reports on mobile and submit them directly to the company via mobile, completing the year-end tax settlement through Sontax as well.

Additionally, simplified taxpayers (exempt payers) and businesses with no business performance (non-performing businesses), who previously had to visit tax offices to file value-added tax returns, can now easily file and pay value-added tax through Sontax without visiting the tax office this month.

Mobile notifications have been sent to the eligible businesses.

The authentication system of Sontax has also been revamped. Fingerprint authentication has been introduced for the first time among biometric authentications, allowing most services to be accessed through it.

Among 38 services that previously required a public certificate, such as issuing national tax certificates, viewing electronic notifications, and checking payment history, 26 services can now be accessed using fingerprint authentication, enhancing taxpayer convenience.

The design has been significantly revamped with a user-centered approach, and over 100 services frequently used by individual users, self-employed, and small business owners have been additionally provided.

More than 20 major application and civil complaint services, including tax agent reporting and semi-annual withholding tax payment approval applications, have been newly offered. Services have been expanded to provide practical help to self-employed and small business owners, such as business registration applications, value-added tax preliminary notification tax amount inquiries, and applications for payment deadline extensions and collection deferrals.

A National Tax Service official stated, "We plan to fully expand mobile services to the level of PC Hometax in the future, enabling taxpayers to handle most national tax tasks solely through Sontax, providing services suitable for the mobile era."

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