Suncheon-si, Pursues and Collects from High-Value and Habitual Tax Delinquents through Seizure of Imported Goods

Published 18 Apr.2022 16:52(KST)

Updated 16 Aug.2025 17:05(KST)

Customs Office Entrusted Seizure of Imported Goods from Defaulters Owing Over 10 Million Won Upon Entry

Suncheon-si, Pursues and Collects from High-Value and Habitual Tax Delinquents through Seizure of Imported Goods

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City announced on the 18th that it will promote the seizure of imported goods entrusted to the Korea Customs Service to collect delinquent taxes from high-amount and habitual tax delinquents owing more than 10 million won.

The entrusted seizure of imported goods by the Korea Customs Service is a procedure to collect delinquent taxes by entrusting the Customs Service with the disposition of delinquent taxes on goods imported as carry-on items when high-amount and habitual delinquents enter the country, following the establishment of legal grounds such as the revision of the Local Tax Collection Act at the end of last year.

The city sent a notice urging payment of delinquent local taxes by the end of this month to 121 individuals who owe more than 10 million won and whose names have been publicly disclosed as high-amount and habitual delinquents on the Ministry of the Interior and Safety website and the city’s website on the 11th.

The city will entrust the Korea Customs Service with the disposition of delinquent taxes for those high-amount and habitual delinquents who do not pay their delinquent taxes by the deadline, and the Customs Service will proceed with seizure, sale, and offset procedures for the imported goods of those entrusted with delinquent tax disposition.

However, if more than 50 percent of the amount disclosed at the time of public announcement is paid after entrusting the disposition, the individual will be excluded from the entrusted target.

A Suncheon City official said, “Through this measure, we hope to send a warning message that we will pursue and collect taxes from high-amount and habitual delinquents who evade tax payments until the end, and contribute to creating a sound tax payment atmosphere where diligent taxpayers are favored.”