_MINF6920080211223621_7020121217170651_Certificate of Residence If you’re a tax resident in Korea, it may effect on your home country’s tax return. Thus, determination of your tax residency status is critical for your tax filings in Korea. General rules for tax residency test for INDIVIDUALS Resident : taxed on world-wide income In principle, a resident refers to […]
Outsource to an Accounting Firm Instead of Hiring a Bookkeeper In-house bookkeeping is great for large companies. They need expert staff on full time constantly handling payment requests, payment processing, tax filings, payroll calculation, etc. There are a million things for them to do. However, if you’re a smaller operation monthly sales of between […]
Korea can a challenge if you’re an English speaker looking for a good bookkeeper, but Korean Tax Experts handle all kinds of accounting issues. Here is a summary of the bookkeeping services any reliable accountant will provide for you. Get in touch with us if you’d like to have these services delivered by a proactive […]
In Korea, withholding tax return is normally required to be filed every 10th of the following month. Also, a yearly report on the payments’ report which were subject to the withholding taxes are required to be filed once a year. Failure to file and report the withholding taxes will result in following penalties. Item Calculation […]
From 2018, under the amended Value-added Tax law, the penalties on false tax invoice increased from 2% to 3%. Please be aware that the penalties are imposed to both supplier and the buyer. Case 1 – False tax invoice issued without a real/actual transaction. Penalty calculation : Amount stated in the tax invoice x 3% […]
If you had thoughts of hiring people in Korea, consider below two major contract types : Employment contract vs. Independent service contract Employment contract (고용관계) Company needs to enroll for the social securities for each employee Employer portion of social taxes: approx. 8.75% Employee portion of social taxes: approx.. 8.5% Company needs to provide paid […]
We have recently opened the Korean tax blog. In this blog we are discussing many tax-related cases and practice guides. https://blog.naver.com/theclitos
매년 7-8월에는 기획재정부에서 세법개정안을 발표하고, 그 내용이 연말 국회를 통과할 시에 적용되고 있습니다. 기획재정부에서는 올해 8월 2일 2018년도 세법개정안을 발표하였습니다. 아래 링크를 통해 세법개정안 보도자료를 참고하시기 바랍니다. 2018 Tax Reform Proposals
Under the current Act and its Enforcement Decree, the mandatory (external) audit requirements apply to the below companies in Korea: Listed in Korea; or Total asset exceeds KRW 12 billion; or Total asset and liability exceed KRW 7 billion; or The number of employees is over 300 and total asset exceeds KRW 7 billion It’s […]
VAT is levied at a rate of 10% on the supply of goods and services, except zero-rated VAT on certain supply of goods and services (i.e. services rendered to non-residents earning foreign currency, etc.) and exemption on certain goods and services (e.g. basic life necessities and services, such as unprocessed foodstuffs and agricultural products; medical and health services; finance and […]
Under the Korean Commercial Law and related tax laws, a company is required to keep its accounting records using “double-entry” bookkeeping system, and prepare financial statements and maintain them for at least five (5) years. Also, once you start a business in Korea, you would be required for following reporting requirements : Value Added Tax […]
Article 156-7 (1) of the Income Tax Act, Article 207-10 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Act □In order to tighten control on the tax source from foreign dispatched workers, the following revisions will be made: ○Expansion of scope of withholding agents: -Current: A domestic company whose total payment in return for labor provided […]
Filing due: May 31 for the previous year’s tax report Who should file: Tax resident or Non-resident, whoever there was income generated in Korea Exempted from filing: Any resident falling under any of the following may choose not to file a finalized return of the tax base of the relevant income (Article 73 (1) of […]
Under the Income Tax Act Article 165-2 (Duty to Submit Documents about Overseas Investment or Real Estate), a Korean tax resident is required to report and submit certain documents to the Korean tax authority on a yearly basis – by end of May every year. Types of documents to submit to the Korean tax authority […]
You must be either tax resident or non-resident for Korean income tax purposes. From 2015, the relevant tax law changed, the major condition to be a resident in Korea was dramatically tightened up. Under the Enforcement Decree of the Income Tax Act (EDITA) Article 4, if the duration in which a person had a place […]