Guri City Receives Commendation Award in Gyeonggi Province's 2025 Local Tax Delinquency Management Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong Reporter] Guri City announced on May 1st that it has received a commendation award in Gyeonggi Province's "2025 Local Tax Delinquency Management Evaluation for Cities and Counties," along with an institutional commendation certificate and 20 million won in prize money.

The evaluation divided 31 cities and counties into five groups according to the scale of local tax delinquencies and assessed them based on 28 indicators across three categories: △overall local tax delinquency work, △delinquency resolution efforts, and △delinquency resolution policy implementation.

To foster a sound tax-paying culture, the city continuously sent delinquency notices, conducted on-site inspections using survey personnel, and encouraged voluntary payment through persistent phone calls. It also developed new collection techniques including operating a KakaoTalk instant payment service and sending delinquency notifications, collecting 7.9 billion won—representing 45% of the prior-year carryover delinquencies—during 2024, which was highly evaluated.

Mayor Baek Gyeong-hyeon stated, "Taking this award as an opportunity, in addition to strengthening delinquency enforcement, we will implement installment payment encouragement and payment suspensions for livelihood-type delinquent taxpayers. By securing the city's finances and achieving comprehensive delinquency enforcement without omission and fair taxation, we will implement trustworthy tax administration that earns citizens' confidence."