[Gyeonggi] KRW 2.52 billion in arrears for foreigners in Seongnam City...Collective collection until next month

Seongnam City will set a special settlement period for foreigners' local tax arrears by the end of next month and collect them intensively.

As of the end of August, 4,730 foreigners were in arrears in Seongnam City and 2.52 billion won in arrears, which is 4.2% of the total 60 billion won in local tax arrears.

By nationality, Korean-Chinese people accounted for the largest number of delinquents with 4,049, followed by Chinese 147, Americans 145, Vietnamese 83, and Canadians 48.The city of

is sending a notice of arrears written in Korean, Chinese, English and Vietnamese to induce them to pay voluntarily, focusing on those who have expired their stay.

In addition, we will push for restrictions on the seizure of property such as deposits and real estate, the detention of license plates, public sale of vehicles, and visa extension for foreigners who are habitual and high-value delinquents.

Foreign workers with work visas seize mandatory insurance policies such as departure expiration insurance (the nature of severance pay) and return cost insurance (flight ticket cost).

Seongnam City's foreign delinquency was 1.6 billion won in 2021, 1.5 billion won in 2022, and 2.2 billion won last year.