Hwaseong City Collects 10.6 Billion Won in Delinquent Tax through Dedicated Collection Team

Hwaseong City announced on the 23rd that its dedicated collection team, which targets high-amount delinquent taxpayers with outstanding debts exceeding 5 million won, has achieved a collection of 10.6 billion won this year.

Despite continuing economic deterioration stemming from the global financial crisis and a real estate market downturn, making the environment for tax collection increasingly challenging, the collection division has pursued active collection activities since 2005 based on the strong determination that "delinquent local taxes must be collected without fail," resulting in the collection of a total of 51.4 billion won in delinquent taxes.

The collection team, which began operations in 2005 with the hiring of 2 staff members, currently consists of 6 personnel as of December 2013, conducting delinquent tax collection activities targeting high-amount delinquent taxpayers.

A case involving individual P, who operates a manufacturing facility and leases five buildings, accumulated delinquent taxes exceeding 110 million won across 29 items including local income tax (capital gains tax). Through swift delinquent tax enforcement measures including real estate seizure, auction proceedings, and deposit seizure via business site investigation, combined with administrative penalties, the full outstanding amount was collected in October.

Kang Shin-ha, director of the collection division, stated, "In 2013, we will deploy enhanced delinquent tax collection activities by utilizing stronger collection measures such as wage and deposit seizures to foster an atmosphere of faithful tax payment and make efforts to reduce delinquent tax amounts."