Gyeongnam Province Publishes List of 661 High-Amount and Habitual Tax Delinquents in 2021

Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Building Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gyeongsangnam-do disclosed the list of high-amount and habitual local tax delinquents for 2021 on the 17th through the websites of each province and city/county, as well as Wetax.

The disclosed list includes a total of 661 individuals: 572 for local taxes and 89 for local administrative sanctions and charges.

The disclosed list targets those who have had delinquent amounts of 10 million KRW or more for over a year as of January 1 this year, and was finalized at the Gyeongnam Provincial Local Tax Deliberation Committee meeting in October.

The disclosed information includes the delinquent person's name and corporate name, age, address, delinquent amount, and reason for delinquency. For corporations, the representative's name is also disclosed.

This year, 572 local tax delinquents were disclosed. The delinquent amount totals 23.3 billion KRW, combining 15.4 billion KRW from 396 individuals and 7.9 billion KRW from 176 corporations. The average delinquent amount per person is about 41 million KRW.

By city/county, in urban areas, Changwon leads with 160 people (6.4 billion KRW), followed by Gimhae with 138 people (6.6 billion KRW), and Yangsan with 48 people (1.9 billion KRW). In rural areas, Haman has 39 people (1.7 billion KRW), Changnyeong 10 people (0.5 billion KRW), and Sancheong 10 people (0.2 billion KRW).

The industries of the delinquents are led by manufacturing with 185 people (32.3%), followed by construction and real estate with 128 people (22.4%), wholesale and retail trade with 61 people (10.7%), and service industry with 59 people (10.3%).

Those with delinquent amounts under 100 million KRW number 528 (14.9 billion KRW), while those exceeding 100 million KRW number 44 (8.4 billion KRW), accounting for 36.1% of the total delinquent amount of the disclosed subjects.

This year, the list of local administrative sanctions and charges delinquents includes 70 individuals and 19 corporations, totaling 89. The total delinquent amount is 4.2 billion KRW, with an average delinquent amount of about 47 million KRW per person.

By local government, cities with the most delinquents are Gimhae with 36, Yangsan with 14, and Geoje with 12. Among counties, Uiryeong has 4 and Hamyang 3, showing higher numbers of disclosed delinquents.

By tax type, arrears of adjustment charges (37.1%) are the most common, followed by enforcement fines (28.1%), burden charges (22.5%), and surcharges (12.4%).

Cho Hyun-guk, head of the Taxation Division of Gyeongnam Province, said, "Through the disclosure of the list of high-amount and habitual delinquents of local taxes and local administrative sanctions and charges, which are key resources for local fiscal decentralization, we aim to induce voluntary payment and create a society where citizens who pay taxes faithfully are favored by enforcing various administrative sanctions such as travel bans and business license restrictions, as well as strong delinquency measures like property seizure and public auction."

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