Suwon City's Fine and Enforcement Surcharge Collection Rate Shows Slight Increase from Previous Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City held a '2025 Fine Collection Measures Briefing' on the 13th at the City Hall video conference room and discussed the second half collection plan to minimize non-tax revenue arrearages.

The briefing was attended by officials from the Vehicle Management Division, Land Management, Construction, and Economic Transportation divisions of the four districts.

As of July 31st, the collection rate for fines and enforcement surcharges was 65%, marking a 4.4%P increase compared to the collection rate of 60.6% as of late July last year.

Attendees pointed out problems in non-tax revenue arrearages collection: △frequent changes among civil servants in charge of assessing and collecting non-tax revenue △lack of early reminders and cause analysis for current-year defaulters △intensification of taxpayers' payment avoidance regarding fine-related payments, etc.

Countermeasures proposed include: △practical training for staff in charge of non-tax revenue assessment and collection, maintaining job assignments for a certain period △cooperative collection with the Collection Division on high-value arrearages with long-term default concerns △early prevention of arrearages prolongation through prompt debt establishment △rigorous collection enforcement based on early cause analysis of arrearages △strengthened promotion of voluntary payment to change payers' awareness, etc.

Among non-tax revenue, fines and enforcement surcharges are tax items with insufficient payment consciousness among payers and strong payment resistance.

A city official stated, "Fines and enforcement surcharges make it difficult to conduct strong and diverse collection activities compared to local or national taxes, causing difficulties for relevant departments in collecting arrearages," and added, "Nevertheless, through the unceasing efforts of each department, we have achieved the desired results of a slight increase in collection rate compared to last year."