Hwaseong City: "Non-Resident Tax Delinquents, Watch Your Step"

Hwaseong City is strengthening its tax collection efforts by organizing a special delinquent tax collection task force, which will intensify collection activities through December 6.

The non-resident delinquent collection task force, organized into three teams, will directly visit high-amount delinquent taxpayers owing 1 million won or more in Hwaseong City local taxes who reside in Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, and Gangwon provinces to conduct tax collection activities.

In particular, regarding automobile tax delinquency, which accounts for 30% of local tax arrears, the city will implement vehicle license plate impoundment, forced towing, and public sale to suppress increases in local tax delinquency and eliminate any room for a delinquent payment culture.

Kang Shin-ha, head of the Tax Collection Division, stated, "Although tax collection is expected to be challenging this year due to economic downturn, we will mobilize all possible collection measures and do our best to secure fiscal resources."

Meanwhile, Hwaseong City collected 16.9 billion won last year through direct visits to delinquent taxpayers' addresses and payment encouragement efforts, securing the top ranking for local tax delinquency collection rate in Gyeonggi Province in 2012. As of October 31, 2013, the city has achieved 8.8 billion won in collection performance out of 33.3 billion won in carryover delinquent taxes.