Gyeonggi-do Collects 6.5 Billion KRW from 50,000 Foreign Tax Delinquents

Gyeonggi Province collected 6.5 billion won from over 50,000 foreign tax delinquents.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 21st that from September to the end of November last year, it operated a special foreign tax delinquency settlement period in cooperation with cities and counties, collecting 6.5 billion won in delinquent taxes from 50,000 foreign tax delinquents.

Foreign tax delinquencies are in a tax blind spot due to language barriers and lack of information about the tax system. Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province conducted activities to encourage voluntary payment of delinquent taxes by posting guide signs and country-specific translated promotional materials at places with large foreign populations.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

In addition, administrative sanctions were actively used against habitual foreign tax delinquents, seizing exclusive insurance (return expense insurance, departure maturity insurance) for 570 foreign workers and real estate (205 cases) and vehicles (13,958 cases) belonging to 14,190 people.

Through this, out of 17.2 billion won in delinquent taxes from about 104,000 foreign tax delinquents in the province, 6.5 billion won in delinquent resident tax, automobile tax, and other taxes from 50,131 residents was collected.

No Seung-ho, head of the Tax Justice Division of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "There should be no discrimination between nationals and foreigners when paying taxes," and added, "We will strive to improve foreigners' tax awareness through customized promotions and various collection measures."

Meanwhile, as of the end of November last year, the number of foreigners in the province was 700,000, accounting for 34.3% of the nationwide total of 2.04 million.

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