"High-Amount and Habitual Tax Delinquents Beware"... Gijang-gun Launches 38-Member Tax Collection TF Team

The First Among Basic Local Governments in Busan

Busan Gijang-gun (Governor Jeong Jong-bok) announced on the 27th that it will launch the ‘38 Tax Collection T/F Team,’ which will focus on collection activities targeting high-amount and habitual tax delinquents starting January 2025.

This collection team launch is the first case among basic local governments in Busan. It was promoted to drastically resolve local tax delinquencies and create a sound tax payment culture by strengthening collection activities against high-amount and habitual delinquents amid the increasing trend of local tax arrears every year.

As of the end of November this year, the scale of local tax arrears in Gijang-gun is about 20 billion KRW, of which high-amount arrears over 3 million KRW (780 people) account for about 14.4 billion KRW, or 72% of the total arrears.

Going forward, the 38 Tax Collection T/F Team plans to conduct strong collection activities such as home searches, seizure and public auction of movable property, towing and delivery orders for seized vehicles, by closely analyzing the causes of delinquency for malicious and habitual delinquents who have sufficient ability to pay but continue to default.

On the other hand, for small businesses and livelihood-type delinquents, the team intends to actively utilize legally permitted support measures such as temporary return of license plates used for livelihood purposes, installment payment guidance, and review of delinquency disposition deferrals to support the resumption of economic activities of delinquents.

Jeong Jong-bok, Governor of Gijang-gun, emphasized, “There is no blind spot in collecting delinquent taxes,” and said, “We will contribute to increasing the county’s revenue through strong delinquency disposition against chronic delinquents and create a sound tax payment culture where sincere taxpayers do not feel relatively deprived.”

Gijang County Office.

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