Gwangju City Recruiting 'Delinquent Tax Settlement Team with Citizens'

A Total of 50 People, Applications Accepted in 5 Districts Until February 7

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 28th that it will recruit the ‘Delinquent Tax Collection Team with Citizens’ this year.

The number of recruits is 6 for Dong-gu, 11 for Seo-gu, 7 for Nam-gu, 13 for Buk-gu, and 13 for Gwangsan-gu, totaling 50 people, and applications will be accepted from the 29th to February 7th in the five autonomous districts.

The ‘Delinquent Tax Collection Team with Citizens’ belongs to the autonomous district and will assist tax officials in activities such as phone payment guidance for small-amount delinquent taxpayers, investigation of delinquent taxpayers’ status, and support for the seizure of license plates of delinquent vehicles.

The team will operate in the first half of the year from March 2 to May 31, and working hours will be adjusted according to the circumstances of each autonomous district.

Last year, the city collected 5.6 billion KRW through phone payment guidance and license plate seizure activities for local tax delinquents, divided into the first half (March to May) and the second half (September to November).

Any citizen residing in Gwangju can participate in the Delinquent Tax Collection Team, and detailed information can be found in the announcement on the website of the autonomous district where they reside.

Lee Seung-cheol, the city’s tax administration officer, said, “If you have unpaid local taxes, please pay them as soon as possible, and we hope that you will sincerely explain the reasons for delinquency when contacted by phone or visited for investigation.”

Meanwhile, for high-amount and habitual delinquents, tax officials plan to thoroughly enforce strong delinquent tax measures permitted by law, such as various property seizures, public auctions, disclosure of names, travel bans, and registration of public information.

However, if the taxpayer is judged to be a low-income business or livelihood-type delinquent with the willingness to pay taxes and the potential to recover, the city will support economic independence and recovery opportunities through collection and delinquency enforcement deferrals and administrative sanctions suspensions.

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