Sung Tae-yoon, Chief of Policy Office at the Presidential Office, "Quick Completion of Contribution Fee Adjustment Plan"

Meeting of Vice Ministers from 14 Related Ministries

Sung Tae-yoon, the Chief of Policy Office, is having a meeting with the vice ministers of 14 related ministries.

Seong Tae-yoon, Chief of Policy at the Presidential Office, held a meeting on the morning of the 14th with vice ministers from 14 related ministries and requested, "Please swiftly finalize the plan for restructuring the charges."

At this meeting, Chief Seong discussed the plan for restructuring the charges that had been agreed upon among the related ministries, in connection with the directive from the President at the Cabinet meeting in January to fundamentally review the charges.

Statutory charges are costs imposed by the government on citizens and businesses to secure funds necessary for specific public interest projects. At the Cabinet meeting in January, President Yoon pointed out, "Charges that excessively suppress the free economic will must be boldly eliminated," adding, "While there are positive charges that prevent environmental pollution or promote public health, there remain many charges misused as 'quasi-taxes' or 'shadow taxes'."

Chief Seong ordered the related ministries to come up with additional reduction measures to significantly lessen the burden on citizens and businesses, and urged the Ministry of Economy and Finance to promptly finalize the restructuring plan for the charges.

He especially requested that matters that can be pursued through amendments to enforcement ordinances be implemented in the second half of this year so that citizens and businesses can quickly feel the effects of the reductions, and that the revision of laws be initiated without delay.

Chief Seong emphasized that all ministries need to concentrate their capabilities to achieve the goal of rapid execution in the first half of this year, which is being pursued as the top priority task. The Presidential Office reported that the attendees agreed on the necessity of promptly advancing fiscal projects to improve the tangible economy.

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