Suwon Metropolitan City's 2025 Local Tax Collection Rate Within Due Date Rises 4.8%P Year-on-Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Metropolitan City's collection rate for regular local taxes within the due date in 2025 has risen 4.8 percentage points compared to the previous year. The city secured an additional 13.66 billion won in tax revenue. This is the result of the 'Mobile Electronic Notice Service' introduced in November 2024.

The collection rates within due date for all tax categories in 2025 regular local taxes have increased compared to the previous year. The increases were: January license tax 3.0%P, June automobile tax 6.3%P, July property tax 2.3%P, August resident tax 6.5%P, September property tax 2.4%P, and December automobile tax 8.3%P.

The additional tax revenue secured from the increased collection rates were: January license tax 100 million won, June automobile tax 2.2 billion won, July property tax 3.4 billion won, August resident tax 560 million won, September property tax 4.7 billion won, and December automobile tax 2.7 billion won.

Notably, for December's regular automobile tax, mobile electronic notices were sent to 177,000 taxpayers with unpaid taxes from 8 days before to 3 days before the payment deadline. The collection rate within the due date rose 8.3 percent, resulting in an additional collection of 2.7 billion won. This was an exceptional increase in collection rate even by a single tax category standard.

The Mobile Electronic Notice Service introduced by the city in November 2024 utilizes officially authorized electronic document relay providers such as Kakao and KT to send notices and guidance documents to the recipient's smartphone registered under their own name. Electronic notices are sent using linked resident registration number information regardless of whether electronic notice was requested.

Unlike the previous paper-based notice method, the service was designed to connect from notice to payment in one place in a mobile environment easily accessible to citizens. Citizens can immediately check the notice details on their smartphones and conveniently make payments.

The city intensively sent Kakao Talk-based mobile electronic notices to citizens who had not confirmed notice documents until shortly before the payment deadlines for regular local taxes such as automobile tax, property tax, resident tax, and license tax, significantly improving payment convenience.

The mobile electronic notice distribution has resolved issues with unclaimed notices due to lost or misdelivered documents, and has encouraged tax payment before delinquency occurs. By preemptively blocking delinquency occurrences, the city has reduced administrative costs and maintained stable tax revenue.

Based on this collection rate increase achievement, the city plans to continue expanding the scope of mobile electronic notice application and strengthening customized tax service by advancing data analysis on notice timing, targets, and methods.

A city official stated, "Mobile electronic notice is not merely a change in the means of notice delivery, but an administrative innovation tailored to citizens' lifestyles," and added, "The achievement of improved collection rates within due date for local taxes in 2025 clearly demonstrates that digital-based tax administration can enhance citizen convenience and stability in financial management."

The official continued, "Through the mobile electronic notice service, we can reduce paper notices, save budgets, and achieve carbon reduction effects," and said, "We will develop it into a sustainable digital administrative model."