TAX REFUND...

Tax refunds, exemption info for expatriates

Date: October 29, 2008

Waiting for year-end tax refunds this year? If yes, read and prepare your documents to get some of your money back in the December tax refund season.

Foreign Taxpayer Service Desk at Yongsan District Tax Office
Expatriates who have lived in Korea for at least a year or who have a job requiring a longer stay receive the same tax benefits as those of citizens.

According to the National Tax Service, in 2006, about 242,000 foreigners received tax refunds and declared combined incomes of 229.5 billion won, up 29 percent from the previous year, and the number of non-Koreans who received tax refunds rose to 300,000 last year.
To better prepare for the tax returns of non-Koreans, the official English website of the National Tax Service provides various tax settlement documents in English.

Those who need year-end tax refund information can download related documents available both in Hangeul or Acrobat format.
Another good idea is to keep your receipts for cash transfers and medical treatment, credit card bills and insurance or donation receipts for accurate calculation of your tax refund.

The detailed procedures may vary depending on the individual situation of non-Korean workers, but the state tax office website can also help tax payers following guidelines and other tax information.
Meanwhile, if you are an expatriate working in Korea in the education or research sectors upon invitation of the Korean government and are interested in full tax exemption, you need to find out whether you are registered for a tax exemption from the beginning and whether your country has a treaty with Korea for full tax exemption.

Special lecturers are eligible to receive tax exemptions, and even if you are a special lecturer and have registered late for your tax exemption status, it is possible to retroactively receive your tax exemption.
If a special lecturer is from Japan or the United States and invited to work as a special lecturer at a university in Korea with the explicit goal of teaching or researching, he or she is eligible for tax exemption from your time of entry to Korea.

In July 2008, the National Tax Service installed the Foreign Taxpayer Service Desk at 20 more district tax offices, increasing the number of the DTOs with the Service Desk to 30 from the previous 10. It recently published a guidebook titled "Foreign Taxpayers´ Guide to Korean Taxes" to help international taxpayers better understand Korean taxation syste. To see the book, click here.

More information about Korean taxes is also available at http://www.nts.go.kr/eng/ or call 02-397-1440 (English available).


* Foreign taxpayer service desks are located at the following district tax offices:
Seoul (15 district tax offices)
Gangnam, Guro, Geumcheon, Namdaemun, Mapo, Seodaemun, Seongdong, Songpa, Yeongdeungpo, Jongno, Junbgu, Yongsan, Samseong, Seocho, Yeoksam
Gyeonggi-do (6 district tax offices)
Ansan, Seongnam, Suwon, Euijeongbu, Inchoen, Pyeongtaek
Daejeon (2 district tax offices)
Seodaejeon (South Daejeon), Cheonan
Gwangju (2 district tax offices)
Mokpo, Seogwangju (South Gwangju)
Daegu (2 district tax offices)
Gumi, Seodaegu (South Daegu)
Busan (3 district tax offices)
Busanjin, Changwon, Suyeong

By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer

hello sir reeve..so it means ba na may makukuha din kaming tax refund?
panu mag aplay at sino dapat mag aplay?kami ba n workers o sajang mismo?
eto din ba sinasabi nila na government subsidy? clarrify ko lng kc....salamat

neon_rq wrote:hello sir reeve..so it means ba na may makukuha din kaming tax refund?
panu mag aplay at sino dapat mag aplay?kami ba n workers o sajang mismo?
eto din ba sinasabi nila na government subsidy? clarrify ko lng kc....salamat

Annyeong Haseyo!

About sa itinatanong n'yo.. lahat po ng legal workers ay pwedeng makakuha ng refund na iyan. GASOLINE TAX REFUND ang tawag po diyan. Covered nito ang lahat ng legal workers na nagwork from year 2007-2008. Lahat po ng mga sajang ay kailangang mag-file until last day of October (tapos na) at para naman po sa individual na nais magfile ay maari pa hanggang katapusan ng buwan ng November.

Salamat


Billy,

Note: Sagot ni sir Billy yan

pede rin po bang kumuha ng ng income tax certificate dito?

maraming salamat po pero hindi ko po maintindihan pano po kung hindi nag file ang amo nmin .lahat po ba ng company ay may tax o tyo po lahat ay may tax .kung meron wala parin po kmi natatanggap pano ko po malalaman kung nagfile ang company nminl.at pano po kmi makkpag file kung may pasok po ng weekdays pwede po ba kmi s inyo mayfile khit tumanggap kyo ng byad sir
basta makuha lang nmin

sir tanong ko lng kung paano makuha ung tax refund na 240,000 ?kc pauwi na ako sa december 9 hindi pa binigay paano yan sir?

Sir bkit ganun dpa binibigay smin yung tax repund pero alam ng tiga opisina n may tax kmi mkkuha cla p may sbi smin tpos lagi nmin follw up s knila pero ala nman cla action ala prin napasok s accnt nmin..? panu po kaya un?

sir bkit po ganun alam po nmin at ng amo nmin n may mkkuha kmi tax repund lagi nmin pinafollow up s knya tpos ala nman cla action at lagi nmin chinecheck s accnt nmin pero ala p npasok..anu po b maganda gawin nmin action para mkuha nmin yung tax repund na 240won..?

salamat po sir...?

magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. tanong ko lang po kung ang gasoline tax ay every year po ba na makakakuha kmi?

manny15 wrote:magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. tanong ko lang po kung ang gasoline tax ay every year po ba na makakakuha kmi?

hindi po

sir tanong ko lang po kung nag dagdag na po ng 110 won sa basic salary namin , pano po naming malalaman na nagdagdag na? kasi po sa kontract namin naka fix napo yong buong sweldo namin sa isang buwan! wala pa rin po kasing nagbago sa salary namin nong 2009 pa po yon hanggang ngayon yon pa rin po!