National Tax Service Commissioner Lim Kwang-hyun met with people earning personal services such as delivery riders and designated drivers at the National Assembly and listened to their voices on the topic of withholding tax rate reduction.
On the 1st, the National Tax Service held an on-site communication meeting with members of the National Assembly and groups of personal service earners such as delivery riders, designated drivers, caddies, and broadcast writers, at the National Assembly Hall in Yeouido, Seoul.
The meeting was held to listen to the tax-related difficulties of personal service income earners and seek ways to improve them. This is the first time that the National Tax Service and the National Assembly are jointly hosting an on-site meeting.
The National Tax Service shared the effects of the tax reform plan that lowered the withholding tax rate for personal service income earners from 3.3% to 2.2%.
We also promised customized tax support, including guidance on comprehensive income tax refunds without fees, easing business registration deadline requirements for payment of labor and child incentives, social insurance and job search support using income data, and elimination of the obligation to pay arrears for delinquent taxpayers on a living basis.
The personal service income earner group said, “We actively welcome the tax reform plan to reduce withholding tax rates,” and suggested, “Tax consultation and guidance by occupation is necessary for small-scale personal service income earners.”
In addition, additional requests were made to improve easy home taxes and make standard expense ratios more realistic.
Commissioner Lim Gwang-hyun said, “It is more convenient for the people to collect an appropriate amount of tax from the beginning rather than collect a large amount of tax and then return it later,” and asked, “We ask for the active cooperation of the National Assembly so that the government’s tax reform plan can be finalized.”
Rep. Oh Ki-hyung of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is the ruling party's secretary on the National Assembly's Finance and Economic Planning Committee, emphasized, "We will provide support at the National Assembly level so that the difficulties raised in the field are not limited to practical matters and bear fruit through substantive bill revisions and system improvements."
People Power Party lawmaker Kang Min-guk pointed out, “We will closely watch and check at the National Assembly level to see whether the National Tax Service properly implements and implements the tax support measures promised today on the ground.”
Representative Yoon Hu-deok of the Democratic Party expressed his thoughts, saying, "As the National Tax Service, which directly implements policies, is here to listen to voices from the field, I expect results that will lead to improvements in actual systems and policies rather than just abstract discussions."
Rep. And Do-geol of the same party said, "Using this meeting as an opportunity, we must dramatically increase tax accessibility for human service workers and provide legislative and budgetary support to protect their rights and interests and eliminate tax disadvantages."
The National Tax Service said, “Based on the voices from the field presented at this meeting, we will actively discover policy tasks that can substantially improve the lives of people who earn personal services, and we will also push forward with necessary revisions to laws and system improvements without a hitch.”
