Gyeonggi Province Publishes List of 2,819 Major Tax Delinquents, Highest Individual Debtor Resides in Ansan

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Gyeonggi Province has published the list of 2,819 high-amount and habitual delinquents in local taxes and administrative penalties and charges who have failed to pay over 10 million won in taxes for more than one year, on the Gyeonggi Province website (www.gg.go.kr) and Wetax (www.wetax.go.kr, a local tax payment site) on the 16th.

Local taxes are taxes imposed by local governments, including acquisition tax, property tax, and local income tax.

Administrative penalties and charges are revenue sources besides taxes, including surcharges as sanctions against illegal acts, mandatory enforcement charges, and compensation, as well as contributions imposed in connection with specific public projects.

The local tax high-amount and habitual delinquent list released includes 1,765 individuals and 668 corporations, with arrears totaling 93.1 billion won for individuals and 30.1 billion won for corporations, reaching a combined 123.2 billion won.

Administrative penalty and charge delinquents number 330 individuals and 56 corporations, with arrears of 20.1 billion won for individuals and 15.9 billion won for corporations, totaling 36.0 billion won.

The list release also includes 20 foreign nationals.

Prior to the list disclosure, the province sent advance notices in March to 3,639 local tax and administrative penalty delinquents under Article 11 of the Local Tax Collection Act and Article 7-3 of the Local Administrative Penalties and Charges Collection Act, providing a six-month period for submission of clarification materials.

During the clarification period, 1,158 individuals paid 16.4 billion won in local taxes and administrative penalties and charges.

List disclosure subjects are those who failed to pay even during the clarification period.

The distribution of disclosure subjects by arrears bracket shows 1,888 persons (67.0%) with arrears between 10 million and 30 million won, 408 persons (14.4%) between 30 million and 50 million won, 310 persons (11.0%) between 50 million and 100 million won, and 213 persons (7.6%) with 100 million won or more.

The age distribution of newly disclosed individual delinquents (2,095 persons) shows 113 persons (5.4%) aged 30 or under, 361 persons (17.2%) in their 40s, 698 persons (33.3%) in their 50s, 628 persons (30.0%) in their 60s, and 295 persons (14.1%) aged 70 or older.

Among the disclosed list, the highest corporate delinquent in local taxes is an urban development project association located in Yongin, which failed to pay 2.9 billion won in property tax and other items across two cases. The highest corporate delinquent in administrative penalties and charges is a housing development project corporation located in Icheon, which failed to pay 5.3 billion won in metropolitan transportation facility contributions.

The highest individual delinquent in local taxes is a resident of Ansan named Im Mo, who failed to pay 12.0 billion won across seven cases including local income tax.

The highest individual delinquent in administrative penalties and charges is Jang Mo, a resident of Seoul, who failed to pay 1.6 billion won in mandatory enforcement charges imposed by Namyangju City under the Special Measures Act on the Designation and Management of Greenbelt Areas in one case.

Ryu Young-yong, director of Gyeonggi Province's Tax Justice Division, stated, "Following the list disclosure, delinquents will face strong administrative penalties including restrictions on licensed projects and enforcement actions including asset seizures, house searches, and compulsory auctions," adding, "In particular, for those engaged in malicious property concealment and tax evasion, strong measures including exit bans will be taken regardless of domestic or foreign nationality."

The high-delinquent list disclosure contains information including the delinquent's name, business name (corporate name and representative), age, address, tax category in arrears, and arrears amount.