Dongjak-gu Wins First Place for Four Consecutive Years in City-District Joint Cooperation Project Evaluation

Achieved Excellent Results for 4 Consecutive Years in Tax Administration Including Comprehensive Tax Collection and Delinquent Tax Areas... Secured a Total of 311.93 Million KRW in Local Tax Revenue from Resource Adjustment Fees... Allocated to Project Budgets for Residents

2019 2nd Comprehensive Revenue Collection Strategy Meeting

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) announced on the 23rd that it was selected as the top district in the ‘2019 City-District Joint Cooperation Project Comprehensive Tax Collection and Delinquent Tax Collection Evaluation,’ securing 311.93 million KRW in district revenue, including resource adjustment funds.

This evaluation was based on the overall tax administration performance in the 2019 fiscal year, including comprehensive city tax collection and delinquent tax collection from the previous year. The district achieved excellent results by ranking first in its group for four consecutive years, significantly enhancing both internal and external satisfaction with tax administration.

The district held several comprehensive tax collection strategy meetings to strengthen collaboration with the tax department and promoted differentiated delinquent tax collection by introducing a customized collection system utilizing big data.

It received high evaluations for efforts such as ▲ text encouragement and payment guidance services via LMS (Long Message Service) ▲ operation of a TF team for high-amount delinquent taxpayers ▲ public disclosure of names of habitual high-amount delinquent taxpayers ▲ and discovery of exemplary collection cases.

As a result of this selection, the district secured a total of 311.93 million KRW through resource adjustment funds, including ▲ 163.86 million KRW in comprehensive tax collection ▲ 110.70 million KRW in delinquent tax collection ▲ and 37.37 million KRW in corporate tax source discovery, which will be actively reflected in various policy budgets for administration and welfare services for residents.

Jung Byung-nam, head of the collection department, said, “Winning the top award for four consecutive years is the result of the healthy tax-paying awareness of residents and the efforts of our staff,” adding, “We will continue to carry out fair and accurate tax administration to ensure that residents’ precious taxes are used properly.”

The district is making every effort to expand local finances through various measures such as establishing continuous collaboration systems between collection and tax departments for residents’ tax convenience, operating a 25-hour tax civil service office, implementing a tax item-specific collection system, and discovering corporate tax sources.

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