South Korea's Local Tax System Normalized After 12-Hour Glitch
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- South Korea's online local tax system, including WeTax and Gov24, was normalized Wednesday after a 12-hour disruption caused by a data traffic surge during a system update for new local governments.
- The interior ministry extended tax filing deadlines to Friday.
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The Standard Local Tax System, WeTax, and Gov24 experienced a 12-hour disruption due to a data traffic surge during a system update for new local governments elected on June 3.
SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Local tax services were normalized Wednesday after about a 12-hour system glitch that partially disrupted an online local tax system, the interior ministry said.
The Standard Local Tax System, an internal network used by local officials, was disrupted due to a sudden surge in data traffic during the process of updating the system in time for Wednesday's launch of new local governments elected in the June 3 local elections, according to the ministry.
The disruptions led to outages of WeTax, an online tax service site, alongside automated administration kiosks and the Gov24 portal.
WeTax, for instance, was scheduled to resume operations at 8 a.m. following two scheduled suspensions to reflect changes in connection to the local elections. The site, however, failed to resume as planned.
The local tax services, including for tax payments, had been fully restored as of around 8:50 p.m., the ministry said.
The ministry has extended to Friday the deadline for all local tax filings and payments whose original deadlines fell between last Friday and this Thursday.
Offene Fragen
- What caused the sudden data traffic surge?
- What specific measures will prevent future glitches?
- How many users were affected by the disruption?
