Suwon Special City Collects Over 40 Billion Won in Delinquent Taxes for 9 Consecutive Years

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City collected 40.2 billion won in delinquent local tax and non-tax revenue payments over the past year, achieving its ninth consecutive year of collecting over 40 billion won in delinquencies since 2016.

The city set a collection target of 38.8 billion won in delinquent local tax and non-tax revenue payments for the past year and collected 40.2 billion won—14 billion won exceeding the target—comprising 29 billion won in local taxes and 11.2 billion won in non-tax revenue.

This marks the ninth consecutive year of collecting over 40 billion won in delinquencies since 2016. In 2023, the city collected 40.5 billion won, including 27.1 billion won in delinquent local taxes and 13.4 billion won in delinquent non-tax revenue.

Suwon City's Collection Division adopted the motto "All-out collection of chronic delinquencies! Realize tax justice!" and continues to track delinquent taxpayers to collect outstanding amounts.

Last year, the city strengthened on-site collection activities through home searches of high-amount delinquents and tracking of illegally used vehicles, and operated a full-staff responsibility collection system targeting delinquents with arrears of less than 300,000 won.

A mobile tracking unit for delinquents with over 5 million won in arrears was operated continuously, collecting 3 billion won, and those with chronic delinquencies of over 10 million won were subjected to home searches and asset seizures. The full-staff responsibility collection system involved local tax collection team staff calling delinquents, sending text messages and notices, and continuously encouraging payment.

The city also employed various collection techniques including tax collateral, substitutive registration (a technique for collecting delinquent taxes by conducting substitute auctions of real estate mortgages set by local tax delinquents), and virtual asset seizures. Since November, it introduced a mobile electronic notice system to send delinquent local tax and non-tax revenue notices via KakaoTalk.

The city actively pursued measures to collect delinquent non-tax revenue. It confiscated license plates of vehicles with fine arrears and seized delinquents' bank deposits. The names of 15 high-amount delinquents were also publicly disclosed.

A city official stated, "We collected delinquent amounts by seizing and pursuing all assets including real estate, vehicles, and deposits from chronic and high-amount delinquents, and imposed strong administrative sanctions including name disclosure, travel bans, and public record registration," and added, "This year, we will achieve '10 consecutive years of collecting over 40 billion won in delinquencies' through vigorous collection activities targeting chronic and high-amount delinquents."

The official continued, "We will encourage installment payments for subsistence-level delinquents and implement customized collection activities tailored to each delinquent, such as deferring vehicle license plate confiscation."