Suwon Realizes Tax Justice with KISKON System, Selected as 'Excellent' by Gyeonggi Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 7th that it selected 12 excellent cases, including Siheung City's 'Activation of Delinquent Tax Settlement through Strengthened Data Collection, Analysis and Sharing,' as it conducted the 'Tax Justice Capacity Enhancement Presentation Contest' to discover and encourage policy ideas for enhancing local tax revenue.

The presentation contest was attended by local tax officials from 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province to discover creative ideas and excellent cases contributing to local tax revenue expansion. The province received a total of 22 cases in September and selected excellent cases through a judging committee composed of internal and external experts.

According to the judging results, in the delinquent tax collection category, ▲Top award: Siheung City ▲Excellent award: Suwon City, Hanam City ▲Commendation award: Paju City, Uiwang City, Yongin City were selected, and in the tax investigation category, ▲Top award: Suwon City ▲Excellent award: Seongnam City, Uijeongbu City ▲Commendation award: Anyang City, Hanam City, Pyeongtek City were respectively recognized.

Siheung City's 'Activation of Delinquent Tax Settlement through Strengthened Data Collection, Analysis and Sharing,' which received the top award in the delinquent tax collection category, involves deploying specialized personnel to collect and analyze delinquent taxpayers' income and asset information to enhance the efficiency of other on-site collection officials.

Siheung City collected 4.7 billion won from January to August of this year, representing an increase of over 40% compared to the same period last year (3.33 billion won).

Suwon City's 'Tax-Dodging Corporations Caught in KISKON Net,' which received the top award in the tax investigation category, has its essence in rapidly promoting collection work targeting construction subcontractors by utilizing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'KISKON (Korea Information System for Construction) system.'

Construction subcontractors have been difficult to track for tax evasion as they withdraw after building completion, but by utilizing 'KISKON,' where contract amounts are mandatorily reported, investigation subjects can be easily identified.

Suwon City has recovered over 900 million won through this system.

The province submitted a total of 4 cases—the top award cases from Siheung and Suwon cities and 2 Gyeonggi Province cases of 'Home search through uncollected check tracking' and 'Full investigation of fraudulent acts by intentional and malicious delinquent taxpayers'—for the 'FY 2021 Local Finance Excellent Cases Presentation Contest' to be held in November hosted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

Previously, the province identified cases where high-level delinquent taxpayers issued checks from banks but did not use them, conducting home searches and collecting and seizing concealed assets worth approximately 2 billion won, and discovered fraudulent actors who intentionally and maliciously transferred assets to spouses or children to avoid paying taxes, filing cancellation lawsuits.

At last year's 'Local Finance Excellent Cases Presentation Contest,' Gyeonggi Province's 'Implementation of Online Electronic Auction of Seized Personal Property' and Osan City's 'Discovery and Improvement of Acquisition Tax Omission Tax Sources Not Requiring Registration for Vehicles' received Minister of Interior and Safety awards and respectively received 100 million won in prize money.

Kim Min-kyung, director of the Gyeonggi Province Tax Justice Division, said, "The excellent cases selected this time are expected to have high value in practical application at the site of delinquent tax collection," and added, "Going forward, Gyeonggi Province will concentrate its capabilities on actively discovering excellent cases and sharing them with other local governments."