Gyeonggi-do Imposes Travel Bans on 363 High-Value Tax Delinquents Owing Over 30 Million Won

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province requested the Ministry of Justice on the 2nd to impose travel bans on 363 malicious tax delinquents who owe more than 30 million KRW in local taxes and are suspected of hiding assets overseas or fleeing.

The total amount owed by these individuals is 60.1 billion KRW, and they will be prohibited from leaving the country for up to six months. Among the 363 individuals, 114 who owe more than 100 million KRW are subject to the travel ban.

Since September last year, Gyeonggi Province, in cooperation with 31 cities and counties, conducted a thorough investigation of 9,540 local tax delinquents owing more than 30 million KRW, checking valid passport possession, foreign currency transaction details, immigration records, and living conditions, and finalized the list of those to be banned from traveling abroad.

According to the current Local Tax Collection Act and Immigration Control Act, the governor can request a travel ban (six months for nationals, three months for foreigners) on individuals who owe more than 30 million KRW in local taxes without justifiable reasons, are subject to public disclosure, have traveled abroad three or more times, or have stayed overseas for six months or longer, upon request from the mayor or county head.

In a notable case, former famous athlete A, who owes about 52 million KRW in local income tax, was banned from traveling abroad after repeatedly breaking installment payment promises and frequently traveling overseas.

High-value tax delinquent B, who owes 3.96 billion KRW and was subject to public disclosure in 2022, was also included in the travel ban list after recent overseas travel records were confirmed.

Gyeonggi Province plans to actively expand travel bans on delinquents who have the ability to pay but travel abroad or send their children to study overseas, and will also conduct regular monitoring of those who have already left the country to impose swift sanctions immediately upon their return.

Ryu Young-yong, Director of the Tax Justice Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "In the new year, we will strictly crack down on chronic malicious tax delinquents who deliberately evade tax obligations," and added, "We will continue to do our best to realize tax justice through thorough management of delinquents."

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