Gyeonggi Province Gives Bonus Payments to 22 Civil Servants for Tax Lawsuit Victories

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 30th that it has paid a total of 19.38 million won in bonus payments to 22 civil servants from 12 cities and counties who played a major role in winning provincial tax-related lawsuits.

Last year, these civil servants contributed to winning lawsuits filed by delinquent taxpayers and others regarding provincial taxes, protecting a total of 7.76 billion won in provincial finances.

Park, a civil servant from Paju City, who won a cancellation suit against an acquisition tax assessment and protected 1.1 billion won, received the largest bonus payment of 3 million won. Other civil servants received bonus payments of around 500,000 won.

In April, the province enacted the "Gyeonggi Province Ordinance on Bonus Payments for Tax Lawsuit Performers," which provides for bonus payments and commendations to civil servants who win tax-related lawsuits, making it the first such ordinance in the country. This is the first instance of bonus payment distribution under this ordinance.

In the first half of this year, the province conducted 289 tax-related lawsuits, winning 43 out of 56 cases that reached verdict, protecting 19.8 billion won in provincial finances.