Suwon City Receives Presidential Citation for Recovering Tax Evasion from Construction Corporations Using KissCon

Suwon City received the Presidential Citation in the Public Official Proposal category at the '2022 Central Excellent Proposal Competition'.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province devised a method to recover tax evasion by construction corporations using the construction site computer system 'KISCON' and received the Presidential Citation at the '2022 Central Excellent Proposal Competition' hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

KISCON is a construction information computer system operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport since 2001, where primary contractors and subcontractors input construction details and report (notify) the client. According to relevant laws, companies must mandatorily enter the construction name, type, contract amount, construction period, etc., if the contract amount exceeds a certain threshold (primary contract 100 million KRW, subcontract 40 million KRW).

At this year’s competition, Suwon City won the Gold Prize (Presidential Citation) in the public official proposal category with the proposal titled "Tax Evasion Construction Corporations, Don’t Move!"

The tax investigation technique using KISCON proposed by Suwon City is a method for local governments to utilize the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s KISCON system to identify and recover tax evasion at construction sites.

Noting the absence of techniques to identify and investigate taxes of construction corporations that leave sites without paying taxes, Kim Hoon, head of the Planning and Investigation Team of the Tax Department, and Kim Min-hye, an administrative officer, developed for the first time nationwide a method using KISCON, which inputs construction information.

Through the tax investigation technique utilizing information entered in KISCON, the proposing officials identified corporations that evaded taxes after construction and recovered a total of 1.044 billion KRW in evaded taxes last year. As of the end of October this year, they have recovered 490 million KRW.

In particular, this investigation technique was recognized for its excellence by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and from this year, KISCON information is uploaded monthly to the local tax program used by tax officials nationwide. Thanks to this, any official in charge of the task can easily utilize it for tax investigations, highlighting its advantages and earning high praise.

A city official stated, "Developing a new investigation technique is a difficult task, but with a sense of duty and pride to increase autonomous revenue for citizens, we will do our best to find other tax evasion sources."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety promotes the proposal system by selecting and rewarding central excellent proposals (citizen proposals and public official proposals) from outstanding proposals chosen by national and local government administrative agencies.

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