Gyeonggi Province to Operate Month-long Delinquent Tax Collection Period Next Month

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 30th that it will designate next month as the "2019 Second Half Local Tax Delinquent Amount Comprehensive Settlement Period" and will conduct intensive tax collection activities.

Accordingly, all 31 cities and counties will send delinquent payment notices to all delinquent taxpayers, and administrative sanctions such as restrictions on permitted projects and requests for exit bans will be imposed on those in arrears.

Additionally, the province plans to collect delinquent amounts through various collection methods including seizure and public sale of real estate and vehicles, seizure of deposits, insurance, and salaries, and confiscation of vehicle license plates.

In particular, large-scale and habitual delinquent taxpayers with over 10 million won in arrears will have their personal information and delinquent amounts disclosed through the province's website and provincial bulletin on the 20th.

As of the end of 2018, the number of local tax delinquent taxpayers reached 2.06 million, with delinquent tax amounts reaching 1.0193 trillion won. The province plans to collect 407.7 billion won, which represents 40 percent of the delinquent tax amount by the end of this year. As of the end of September, 361.5 billion won has been collected.

Separately, since March of this year, the province has operated a Delinquent Tax Management Team to realize tax justice and create public jobs. Through investigation of delinquent taxpayers' actual conditions, the team is providing suspension of delinquent tax enforcement and linking to welfare services on the premise of installment payment for taxpayers facing temporary difficulties.

Additionally, the province operates the Regional Delinquent Tax Response Team, through which delinquent taxpayers suspected of intentional tax evasion undergo forcible collection through home searches and seizure.

Yi Ui-hwan, director of the Tax Justice Division, stated, "We urge active voluntary payment so that taxpayers do not suffer property losses through delinquent tax enforcement."