Osan-si Conducts Joint Crackdown on Vehicles with High-Amount and Habitual Local Tax Delinquencies

Teenagers Caught... 7 Million Won Collected

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 29th that on the 27th, it conducted a joint crackdown on high-amount and habitual tax delinquent vehicles and illegal operation vehicles at the Osan Tollgate on the Gyeongbu Expressway in cooperation with Gyeonggi Police, Osan Police, and the Seoul-Gyeonggi Headquarters of Korea Expressway Corporation.

Osan City joint crackdown team is seizing license plates of delinquent vehicles at the entrance of Osan Tollgate.
[Photo by Osan City]

This crackdown targeted vehicles with more than two unpaid automobile taxes or vehicle-related fines exceeding 300,000 KRW. Owners of vehicles with impounded license plates must pay the full amount of the delinquent taxes to retrieve their plates. However, for owners of livelihood-type cargo trucks or delivery vehicles, payment convenience is provided by allowing installment payments through a payment promise, which postpones the impoundment.

The city identified 10 delinquent vehicles through the joint crackdown and collected the full delinquent amount of 7 million KRW. Separately from the joint crackdown, the city operates a dedicated vehicle equipped with a license plate recognition and delinquency inquiry system to carry out impoundments not only on weekdays but also on holidays and at night. In particular, the city explained that it is strengthening enforcement through targeted impoundments and focused investigations on chronic and habitual tax delinquents.

Shin Dong-jin, head of the Collection Division of Osan City, stated, "We will continue to encourage payment from delinquent vehicle owners and create a voluntary payment atmosphere through strong delinquency enforcement."

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