Gyeonggi Province Releases Seized Vehicles of Subsistence-Level Delinquents: 102,748 Vehicles Removed from Attachment

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province has decided to release vehicle seizures for 102,748 subsistence-level delinquents whose vehicles have been scrapped or show no operation records among those whose vehicles were seized for unpaid fines, administrative penalties, and other non-tax revenue.

As a measure for subsistence-level delinquents facing economic hardship, the province plans to write off all non-tax revenue so that delinquents can relieve themselves of the burden of tax delinquency and focus on their livelihoods.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 16th, the province has conducted a comprehensive investigation into the effectiveness of vehicles seized due to non-tax revenue delinquency and decided to release vehicle seizures for 102,748 delinquents whose vehicles have been registered as deleted or destroyed.

The province directly released vehicle seizures for 106 delinquents in the province, and plans to release vehicle seizures for 102,642 delinquents in cities and counties this month.

Non-tax revenue refers to all types of revenue generated by local autonomous entities other than local taxes, including typical examples such as apportionment fees, public charges, compensation, administrative fines, penalties, and usage fees.

Local taxes refer to acquisition and registration taxes, automobile taxes, and property taxes.

Among vehicles seized due to unpaid non-tax revenue, the vehicles subject to seizure release in this measure are those that have been deregistered or destroyed.

Deregistration refers to situations where a vehicle is so old that it must be scrapped, while destruction refers to vehicles confirmed to have no operation records such as parking or highway driving over several years and thus to have virtually ceased to exist—both cases have no creditor effectiveness.

This measure applies to subsistence-level delinquents. The province plans to continue implementing intensive delinquency collection measures such as home searches for high-amount and habitual delinquents, and will take strong measures through planned investigations especially against intentional property concealment.

Choi Won-sam, director of the Tax Justice Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "We hope this comprehensive review of non-tax revenue seized vehicles will help secure substantial tax claims and assist subsistence-level delinquents in pursuing their livelihoods," and added, "We will collect delinquent amounts from delinquents who intentionally evade tax obligations despite having payment capacity, thereby establishing fair tax justice."