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“Inheritance and gift tax deductions need to be increased”… ‘Caution’ on tax change

□ Public Hearing on ‘Inheritance/Gift Tax System Reorganization Plan’, Korea Institute of Taxation and Finance Seong-oh Kwon, Associate Research Fellow, “There has been no significant change in the tax rate system and deduction system for over 20 years… Increased tax burden” “Gift tax, introduction of annual basic deduction system and design review of integrated deduction […]

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Justice, the National Tax Service, and the Customs Service launched the first planned investigation of foreign real estate speculation

1,145 suspicious cases of speculative transactions between 2020 and May 2022 Investigation conducted until September, results announced in October Produce statistics on foreign housing ownership from next year Amendment to the Act on ‘Designation of Foreign Trade Permit Zone’ A government-wide planned investigation is carried out on speculative real estate transactions by foreigners. This planned […]

Notes on reporting overseas financial accounts this month

Up to 20% fine for non-reporting within the deadline Criminal punishment and disclosure of personal information in case of violation of report exceeding 5 billion won Reduction of fines for negligence by up to 90% when reporting amendments or reporting after the deadline National Tax Service builds ‘foreign income and asset integrated management system’… Detailed […]

The new head of the Financial Supervisory Service, Lee Bok-hyeon, former chief prosecutor… Kang Seok-hoon as Chairman of Korea Development Bank

Financial Supervisory Service nominee” width=”150″ xtype=”photo”/> Korea Development Bank Chairman nominee” width=”160″ xtype=”photo”/> Lee Bok-hyeon, former head of the 2nd Criminal Division of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office, was appointed as the first head of the Financial Supervisory Service by the Yoon Seok-yeol government. Sungshin Women’s University professor Kang Seok-hoon was selected as the […]