Changwon-si Publishes List of High-Value Tax Delinquents... 167 People Owe a Total of 6.654 Billion Won

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, disclosed the list of 167 high-amount defaulters of local taxes and local administrative sanctions and charges on the 17th.

The disclosure of high-amount defaulters is a measure taken under Article 11 of the Local Tax Collection Act and Article 7-3 of the Act on the Collection of Local Administrative Sanctions and Charges. As of January 1 of this year, the names, business names, ages, addresses, and amounts overdue of those who have defaulted on local taxes and local administrative sanctions and charges of 10 million KRW or more for over one year were disclosed.

The disclosed list includes 160 local tax defaulters (50 corporations, 110 individuals) and 7 local administrative sanctions and charges defaulters (1 corporation, 6 individuals), totaling 167 people, with a total overdue amount of 6.654 billion KRW (6.396 billion KRW in local taxes and 258 million KRW in local administrative sanctions and charges).

By amount range, 12 people (30%) owe 100 million KRW or more, 26 people (27%) owe between 50 million KRW and less than 100 million KRW, 28 people (15%) owe between 30 million KRW and less than 50 million KRW, and 101 people (28%) owe less than 30 million KRW.

The list can be viewed on the city hall website, Gyeongnam Provincial Government website, and Wetax.

Jo Young-wan, head of the Taxation Division, said, "The purpose of disclosing the list is to induce voluntary payment from defaulters and to realize tax justice by enhancing fairness with sincere taxpayers." He added, "Nevertheless, for high-amount defaulters who deliberately do not pay their overdue amounts, we will do our best to settle the overdue amounts through strong administrative measures such as travel bans and restrictions on licensed businesses."

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