Hwaseong Special City Selected as Excellent Organization for Two Consecutive Years in Gyeonggi Province's "Local Tax Delinquency Settlement Municipal and County Comprehensive Evaluation"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong Special City announced on the 8th that it was selected as an "Excellent" organization in Group 1 in the planned collection division of the "2026 Local Tax Delinquency Settlement Municipal and County Comprehensive Evaluation" hosted by Gyeonggi Province, securing a commendation and award prize of 30 million won.

With this, the city has achieved the accomplishment of receiving excellent evaluation for two consecutive years following its selection as the "Most Excellent" organization last year.

This evaluation was conducted to comprehensively assess overall local tax delinquency operations and delinquency settlement efforts. Gyeonggi Province divided the 31 cities and counties in the province into 5 groups according to the scale of carried-forward tax delinquency and number of delinquents, evaluating △overall delinquency settlement △planned collection division hosted by the province, and other areas.

The city received high evaluation by promoting active delinquent collection activities including △seized property and collection results by provincial planned collection △settlement results of provincial tax delinquency △searches of residences and business establishments △public auctions of real estate and vehicles of large delinquent taxpayers.

Lee Gwang-hoon, Director of Finance, stated, "The selection as an excellent delinquency settlement organization for two consecutive years is the result of systematic delinquency settlement and field-oriented collection activities," adding, "We will do our best to minimize delinquency amounts and create a sound tax payment culture."