Hwaseong City Ranks First in Gyeonggi Province for Delinquent Local Tax Settlement

Hwaseong City is conducting stronger delinquent local tax collection activities than the previous year to ensure stable financial resources and foster an atmosphere of faithful tax payment.

The Collection Division is implementing meticulous analysis and investigation of high-amount and chronic delinquent taxpayers, and is collecting delinquent taxes through field-intensive delinquent collection efforts such as automobile tax license plate seizure and vehicle public auction, salary and deposit garnishment, and individual responsibility collection systems, as well as through strong delinquent tax enforcement procedures including public disclosure of delinquent taxpayer lists and travel bans.

Notably, in the previous year, a dedicated delinquent collection team was formed to directly visit delinquent taxpayers' addresses and encourage payment through field-intensive collection activities, achieving a past-year collection rate of 41.4% (settlement rate of 61.6%) with collection results of 24.1 billion won. This placed Hwaseong City first among 31 municipalities and counties in Gyeonggi Province in the evaluation results, earning the award for excellence.

The Collection Division stated, "Being able to achieve the top past-year collection rate despite difficult domestic and international economic circumstances is a result of employees' active efforts for delinquent tax collection, including the formation of a dedicated delinquent collection team," and added, "We will make further efforts to strengthen municipal financial resources by increasing delinquent tax collection."