National Tax Service Awards 9 Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration Including Contributions to Hand Sanitizer Supply

Kim Dae-ji, Commissioner of the National Tax Service (center), is taking a commemorative photo with outstanding proactive public officials on the 3rd.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The National Tax Service (NTS) has selected tax officials who contributed to resolving the shortage of hand sanitizers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and supported affected businesses with tax administration as exemplary cases of proactive administration.

On the 3rd, Kim Dae-ji, Commissioner of the NTS, selected the '2020 2nd National Tax Service Proactive Administration Outstanding Officials,' awarding one grand prize, three excellence awards, and five encouragement awards.

This second selection targeted employees who created proactive administration field cases by actively performing duties for taxpayers at regional offices and tax offices, following the first selection in May which focused on policy cases at the NTS headquarters.

Kim Chang-su, a senior official at the Busan Regional Tax Office, who was chosen as the grand prize winner, took swift action to change the use of soju raw material, ethanol, to hand sanitizer raw material when ethanol became scarce due to the spread of COVID-19, contributing to the smooth supply of hand sanitizers.

Oh Eun-joo, a tax investigator at the Gwangju Regional Tax Office, selected for excellence, actively guided small and medium-sized enterprises in the jurisdiction on the 'Income Tax Reduction System for Employees of Small and Medium Enterprises,' enabling 239 young workers from 55 companies to receive a total refund of approximately 170 million KRW in earned income tax.

Also, Lee Doo-won, a tax investigator at the Daejeon Regional Tax Office, analyzed the reports of small restaurant business owners severely affected by COVID-19 and guided 457 businesses that had underclaimed tax credits by omitting payments made through delivery brokerage companies in credit card issuance tax credits to receive a total tax refund of about 53 million KRW.

Park Seon-su, a tax investigator at the Gimpo Tax Office, collaborated with local governments to enable applicants to undergo eligibility screening for local government COVID-19 support projects for small business owners without visiting the tax office to issue required documents.

Among those awarded encouragement prizes, Park Seung-moon, a tax investigator at the Nowon Tax Office, resolved taxpayer difficulties by actively reviewing tax laws and facts from the taxpayer's perspective and applying non-taxation to cases mistakenly reported as taxable. Choi Yong-hoon, a tax investigator at the Busan Regional Tax Office, closely collaborated with related agencies to allow emergency disaster relief funds to be applied for without tax office documents and participated in the creation of the disaster relief fund website.

Additionally, Hwang Jeong-min of the Dong-Ulsan Tax Office and Lee Jeong-min of the Mapo Tax Office were selected as outstanding officials.

They will be provided with exceptional incentives such as cash rewards, reward leave, and the highest grade of performance pay (annual salary).

Commissioner Kim said, "The NTS, as a tax service institution serving the public and businesses at the forefront of the national economy, considers the proactive administration of field staff working at regional offices and tax offices to be of utmost importance. We will continue to discover and commend outstanding officials who serve the public proactively with creativity and expertise in the field."

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