Controversial 'Poor Grading' Tax Accountant Exam Regrading Results in 75 Additional Passes

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] As a result of regrading all candidates for last year's tax accountant exam, which was embroiled in a controversy over faulty grading, 75 additional candidates passed.

On the 3rd, the National Tax Service held the 3rd Tax Accountant Qualification Review Committee and deliberated and resolved the follow-up measures on the audit results by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Board of Audit and Inspection regarding the 58th Tax Accountant Qualification Exam in 2021, conducted by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea.

This committee was convened to promptly finalize the selection criteria for successful candidates and the final passers, which had been deferred at the 2nd committee meeting on May 3rd, before the implementation date of this year's 2nd tax accountant exam (August 27).

Based on the regrading results notified by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (Tax Law Part 1, Question 4, Sub-question 3; Tax Law Part 2, Question 1, Sub-question 3), the committee decided to additionally pass 75 candidates whose average scores across all subjects were above the existing cutoff line and who scored at least 40 points in each subject.

To protect the trust in the existing successful candidates and ensure administrative stability, the status of 706 candidates was maintained, making a total of 781 final successful candidates.

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