Ahn Do-geol said, "The National Tax Service is not notified when large delinquent taxpayers return to Korea... The system needs to be improved."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = It was pointed out on the 11th that starting this year, the National Tax Service will no longer be able to request notification of entry into the country when large delinquent taxpayers staying overseas return home, making it difficult to respond quickly.

According to data submitted by the National Tax Service by Rep. Ahn Do-geol of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Finance and Economic Planning Committee, the arrears of those subject to a departure ban as of 2025 amount to 6.2372 trillion won.

If a request for a ban on departure occurs among those who have delinquent taxes exceeding 50 million won without justifiable reasons, the National Tax Service reviews charges of evasion of compulsory collection and requests the Ministry of Justice to ban them from leaving the country.

There are cases where the departure ban is not granted if the person subject has already left the country, so when the delinquent returns to the country, this must be recognized and a departure ban taken before the person leaves the country again.

However, starting this year, due to the strengthening of personal information protection measures under Article 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act, the notification of entry to the National Tax Service has been suspended even if delinquent taxpayers return to the country.

For example, it is known that there were cases where timely action was not taken, such as a case where a delinquent person left the country again within a short period of 3 days after entering the country and the ban on leaving the country was failed to be imposed three times.

Rep. Ahn said, "The suspension of notification of entry is wasting administrative power and causing a gap in the departure ban system," and added, "It is necessary to establish a legal basis so that large delinquent debtors can request a departure ban immediately after returning to the country while complying with the principles of personal information protection."