Hampyeong-gun Rated 'Excellent' in Local Tax Delinquent Carryover Collection Evaluation

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeollanam-do Hampyeong-gun announced on the 17th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the ‘2020 Local Tax Carryover Arrears Collection Evaluation’ hosted by Jeollanam-do.

Following the grand prize in the ‘Increasing Local Tax Collection Rate’ evaluation last February, it has already won two awards this year.

Jeollanam-do evaluates and awards all aspects of arrears collection work, including local tax carryover arrears collection performance, targeting 22 cities and counties every year.

This year, Hampyeong-gun set a collection target of 649 million KRW for arrears and actively carried out collection activities such as real estate auctions, seizure of bonds, and vehicle license plate impoundment targeting habitual and high-amount defaulters.

In May, a joint collection task force for towns and townships was formed, designating a special period for clearing carryover arrears, dividing the collectable and uncollectable amounts, and taking strong punitive measures such as arrears disposition for the uncollectable amounts.

In this evaluation, the county received high scores in most of the six evaluation items, including local tax carryover arrears collection rate, auction disposition rate, collection increase rate, and loss rate.

In particular, out of a total arrears amount of about 1.08 billion KRW, 715 million KRW was collected, exceeding the target (649 million KRW) by 127%, receiving favorable evaluations in the collection rate category.

A county official said, “Collecting overdue taxes must be firm not only for tax justice but also for securing stable autonomous revenue,” adding, “We will continue to develop various policies for taxpayer convenience and create a sound tax payment atmosphere through continuous arrears management.”

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