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Personal Income tax filing

[Personal income tax] Understanding Incone Tax in Korea for Foreign national[Tax Firm Specializing in Foreign Companies] If you got a message or letter from NTS like below, you should difinitely check this post!  1.What is comprehensive (personal) income tax in Korea ?Personal income tax, known as 종합소득세 in Korean, is a tax that individuals must file and pay every May for the income they earned the previous year, from January 1st to December 31st. (In May 2024, incomes from January 1st, 2023 to December 31st, 2023 .. 더보기
How to Gift Money to Your Children with Minimal Tax Impact! In Korea, the gift tax rates are extremely high.it's taxes have the tax rate range of 10% to 50%. It starts at 10%, which is relatively low. However, when the tax base (the given amounts) exceeds 3,000,000,000 KRW, a 50% tax rate is applied to the amounts over this threshold. Yes, half of the amounts are taxed. If you give 10,000,000,000 KRW to your children in Korea, 500,000,000 KRW should be p.. 더보기
Understanding Capital Gains Tax on Company Stock Sales -1 (Individual) 1.Capital gain taxes - Individual share holders Capital gains taxes are what you pay when you transfer assets, like a house, building, land, real estate rights, or stocks, to someone else. To figure it out, you subtract the acquisition price from the transfer price. If there's no profit (when the asset's value dropped and the acquisition price is higher than the transfer price), you don't have t.. 더보기
[Tax benefit]Tax Benefits Available to foreign employees in Korea - Part 1 (Special tax rate) Korea's tax rates follow a progressive tax system, which means that the more income you earn, the higher the percentage of your income you pay in taxes. Below is the Korean tax rate table. As you can see, the tax rate can increase to approximately 50% when your tax base reaches 1,000,000,000 KRW, which means you would pay half of your earnings in taxes. This can be a significant tax burden. Howe.. 더보기
Income Tax Filing Checklist to Help You Cut Your Taxes! As a Certified tax accountant who has filed hundreds of income tax returns over the last six years, I've noticed that taxpayers often overlook certain tax-deductible items. To help you save money on your taxes, here's a list of items you should consider: 1.Health insurance There are two types of health insurance: 1)company health insurance that you pay for while working for a company(this compan.. 더보기
Who is Required to File an Income Tax Return in Korea? As we approach the month of May, it is important to note that it is the season for individuals to file their personal taxes. According to Korean tax law, any resident (regardless of nationality) who earned an income during the previous year (between January 1st and December 31st) is required to file their income tax return and pay any applicable taxes by the end of May, provided they have not me.. 더보기
Year-end tax settlement guide -1 [PDF downloads] To start your year-end tax settlement in Korea, the very first thing you should do is to download ‘the PDF file’ from home tax. ​ The PDF file shows information of all receipts,medical bills and other bills you paid in a year. ​ *If you don’t get this PDF file, you should collect all the receipts, medical bills and other bills by yourself ​ ​ Almost all items are provided through this PDF file, .. 더보기
January 2023 Tax Deadlines ​ ​ It's very important to know when taxes are due in Jan. And, for many business onwers, there are more tax deadlines to care about than just the due date for your corporate income(or income tax) tax return. ​ If you miss a tax deadline, the NTS (Korea National Tax Service) can hit you hard with penalties and interest. So, I'd like to introduce you what taxes you should pay and what other oblig.. 더보기

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