Unlike the transfer tax, there is no exception to the
In the case of joint ownership, the couple owns two houses each
Government: “There is no solution to the concerns about evasion measures”
[헤럴드경제=양영경 기자] #. Couple A decided to move to educate their children and bought a new house in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul in early May, and sold their existing house in Mapo-gu at the end of July. For about two months, he became a ‘temporary second-homeowner’ in the situation of changing houses. However, at the end of last month, couple A received a notice asking them to pay a total of 6 million won in total real estate tax. As of June 1, the government classifies multi-homeowners according to the number of houses, and couple A owns both apartments under the joint name, so each is subject to the property tax as two-person households.
“Actually, as a real consumer, the house just didn’t sell as planned in the situation where we were moving,” he said.
| The view of Yongsan and Mapo-gu as seen from Namsan in Jung-gu, Seoul. [연합뉴스] |
Confusion is growing among end-users who are not the owners of expensive homes or speculative multi-family homes, but who have accepted the highest tax bills of all time. In particular, ‘temporary two-homeowners’, which often occur in the process of moving, are collectively grouped as ‘multi-homeowners’ and are subject to property tax.
The current Income Tax Act considers temporary second-home buyers who have both the house they lived in during the moving process and the house they live in a new home as actual users, and grants exceptions in capital gains tax, etc. However, the property tax categorizes multi-homeowners in a lump sum based on the number of houses as of June 1 of the current year. As a result, even temporary two-homeowners are classified as multi-homeowners if their existing house is sold after June 1.
Moreover, in the case of Mr. A, he and his wife became the owners of one household and two houses, respectively, due to the joint name. When calculating the value of property tax, 0.5 houses are counted, but when counting the number of houses, one house is applied. This year, the property tax rate for two-family homeowners in the area subject to adjustment is between 1.2 and 6.0 percent, nearly double that of the previous one.
In the online real estate community, stories of people who have been subjected to taxation in the process of moving for the purpose of real residence are continuing. It was not for speculative purposes, but it was explained that it was not easy to sell the house at the desired time when house prices rose enough. Multi-homeowners are taxed on the amount exceeding the official price of 600 million won, and there were many cases in the metropolitan area where they were unable to dispose of their old house quickly even after they moved to a house with a similar price to the house they were living in, so they had to pay the tax.
Inquiries from those who are temporarily subject to taxation as a second-homeowner are continuing at the frontline tax office, but there is no specific remedy.
The government has a problem in that, if the house acquired by temporary two-family dwellers is excluded from the taxation tax, the house that previously had to pay the taxation tax is excluded from the taxation. is not going to do it.
In an explanatory document last month, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance also drew a line saying, “There is a possibility that the system may be abused as a means of avoiding the taxation of property tax for two-family homeowners because it is difficult to apply special cases to temporary two-homeowners due to the nature of the holding tax.”
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