South Korea's Local Tax Services Partially Down Due to Technical Issues
Quick Look
- South Korea's local tax services, including WeTax and Gov24, experienced partial outages due to technical issues affecting the Standard Local Tax System during an update for newly elected local governments.
- The interior ministry extended tax filing deadlines to Friday, with potential for further extensions.
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Why It Matters
The Standard Local Tax System, an internal network for local officials, was disrupted by a sudden surge in data traffic during an update for the launch of new local governments elected in the June 3 local elections.
Local tax services were partially down Wednesday due to technical issues affecting 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.
By the afternoon, part of the local tax services, including for tax payments, was restored.
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.
Additional extensions could be made if the system failure prolongs, the ministry said.
Open Questions
- How long will the system failure prolong?
- Will additional extensions for tax filings be made?
