Hapcheon-gun Produces 'Easy-to-Read Local Tax Notices'

Tax Payment Convenience Policies Considering the Elderly and Other Socially Vulnerable Groups

Hapcheon County Office Building Exterior (Photo by Hapcheon County)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 17th that starting from the regular automobile tax bill in December next month, it plans to produce and send out ‘Easy-to-Read Local Tax Bills’ as a taxpayer convenience policy considering socially vulnerable groups such as the elderly.

Analyzing the local tax imposition status of Hapcheon-gun by age based on 2019 data, taxpayers aged 60 and over account for a high proportion of 56.2%.

In contrast, the existing tax bills had small font sizes and contents that were not easily comprehensible at a glance, causing inconvenience to socially vulnerable groups including the elderly.

The county plans to improve this by placing the amount to be paid, payment deadline, and virtual account number in large letters at the center of the bill so that anyone can easily and conveniently make payments by producing and sending out the ‘Easy-to-Read Local Tax Bills’.

A county official said, “Considering the characteristics of the region with a large elderly population, we created a new tax bill by first understanding the inconveniences of the residents so that they can conveniently pay local taxes,” and added, “We will continue to discover taxpayer convenience policies that meet the residents’ perspectives in the future.”

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