Seongdong-gu, Small Business Tax Consultation on the First Friday of Every Month

Free tax consultation related to business sites for small businesses and small merchants on the first Friday of every month

A consultation desk is set up in Seongsu-dong, where manufacturing and small merchants are concentrated, with up to 6 consultations per day

Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu Panorama

Seongdong-gu (District Mayor Jung Won-oh) offers free tax consultations on the first Friday of every month to help self-employed individuals and small merchants make a fresh start.

In recent years, small businesses and small merchants have faced difficulties such as sluggish sales due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession. In particular, tax issues are a burden for all businesses regardless of size, but small self-employed individuals tend to neglect tax matters due to the urgency of maintaining their livelihood, and sometimes have difficulty resolving tax-related problems.

Accordingly, Seongdong-gu has established a tax consultation desk for small merchants as part of management support for a fresh start in daily life recovery. Since about 25,000 businesses with fewer than 10 employees are located in Seongdong-gu, accounting for about 46% of all businesses concentrated in Seongsu-dong, the service is operated on the 2nd floor of the Seongdong Regional Economic Innovation Center in Seongsu-dong, which is convenient for small merchants to access.

The service operates once a month on the first Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with consultations available on March 3. Those who wish to consult can make a reservation in advance by contacting the District Office’s Regional Economy Division, and up to 6 people can be consulted per day.

The main consultation topics include business-related tax issues such as comprehensive income tax, value-added tax, and business registration (closure), and any small businesses, self-employed individuals, or small merchants in the district can consult with professional tax accountants.

A district official said, “Small merchants have suffered greatly due to COVID-19, and we hope that management support projects such as tax consultations will serve as a stepping stone for small merchants to make a fresh start.”

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