Hwaseong City Receives Top Rating in Local Tax Administration for Second Consecutive Year

Hwaseong City announced on the 23rd that it received a top excellence rating in Gyeonggi Province's 2011 local tax administration evaluation, earning selection as a top excellence institution for the second consecutive year following 2010, and was awarded a special prize.

The province's tax administration evaluation divided 31 cities and counties into three groups according to size and selected top excellence institutions through evaluations in three areas: local tax assessment and collection, local tax delinquent debt settlement, and local tax base operation for each group.

Hwaseong City belongs to Group 1, which includes districts and branch offices. Under regulations stipulating that local governments receiving top excellence ratings for two consecutive years receive a special prize rather than a top excellence award, Hwaseong City received a special prize in this evaluation and will receive 50 million won in prize money.

An Sun-mo, head of Hwaseong City's Collection Division, said, "To realize fair and equitable taxation, we will thoroughly pursue tax collection from high-amount and habitual tax delinquents, while doing our best to ensure that taxes paid by citizens are used for the benefit of citizens."