Jeonnam Province to Publicly Disclose List of High-Amount and Habitual Local Tax Delinquents... Strict Measures to Be Taken

1,648 People, 79.3 Billion KRW Scale

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 16th that it has disclosed the list of 1,648 high-amount and habitual delinquent taxpayers of local taxes on the provincial website, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, each city and county website, and Wetax. The total amount of delinquent taxes for the disclosed individuals is approximately 79.3 billion KRW.

The disclosure targets are taxpayers who have had a delinquent amount of 10 million KRW or more for over one year as of January 1 each year, and after a six-month explanation period, still had a delinquent amount of 10 million KRW or more up to the day before disclosure.

Notably, starting this year, taxpayers with a nationwide combined delinquent amount of 10 million KRW or more are also included in the disclosure targets.

This year, among the 1,614 local tax disclosure targets, 1,072 are individuals with a delinquent amount of 40.3 billion KRW, and 542 are corporations with 35.6 billion KRW.

Among them, 246 are newly disclosed targets with a delinquent amount of 7.6 billion KRW, and the highest delinquent taxpayer is company S, engaged in construction in Yeongam, with 200 million KRW in property tax and others.

By city and county, Gwangyang City has 110 people with 10.6 billion KRW, Yeosu City 164 people with 6.6 billion KRW, Mokpo City 171 people with 6.2 billion KRW, and Suncheon City 141 people with 5.6 billion KRW, in descending order. The main reasons for delinquency were analyzed as bankruptcy/closure, business difficulties, and chronic delinquency.

Jeonnam Province plans to continue taking strong measures against high-amount and habitual delinquent taxpayers, including property seizure, public auction, travel bans, business license restrictions, and credit delinquency registration.

Along with the disclosure of local tax delinquent taxpayers, the list of 34 high-amount and habitual delinquent taxpayers of local administrative sanctions and fines, totaling 3.4 billion KRW, was also disclosed.

Among them, 7 are newly delinquent taxpayers with 600 million KRW. The main reasons for delinquency include fines for violations of the Real Rights Registration Act for Real Estate.

Hong Jaeyeol, head of the Taxation Division of Jeonnam Province, said, “To realize fair tax justice, we will strictly respond to high-amount and habitual delinquent taxpayers with intentional delinquency according to laws and principles, so that a culture of sincere tax payment can be established early.”

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