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Payroll in Korea

Year-end taxsettelemt Guide for Foreign employees in Korea -3 What should be checked after year-end tax settlement? 1.Check the amounts of '차감징수세액(numbers 77) After the year-end tax settlement, you will receive a document called the Salary & Wage Income Withholding Receipt (연말정산 근로소득원천징수영수증). In this document, if you see the red box, (73) 결정세액 represents the finalized tax amount. Additionally, (75) 기납부세액 주(현) 근무지 indicates the taxes deducted from your monthly salary each month. (77) 차감징수세액 represents the taxe.. 더보기
Year-end taxsettelemt Guide for Foreign employees in Korea -2 Way to download hometax PDF file If you are a foreigner working for a Korean company, it's likely the season for 'Year-end tax settlement.' During this time, the company may require you to obtain a 'PDF' file from Hometax. 1)What's the PDF file for? The PDF (간소화자료) file contains almost everything you need to optimize your tax deductions or increase your tax refund amounts. By reviewing it, you can find details on various deduct.. 더보기
[Tax Updates 2024] The special flat tax rate for foreigner applying period has been extended! In Korea, tax rates adhere to a progressive tax rate system, where the tax rate increases with higher income. As per the income tax law, tax rates range from 6% to 45%. Nevertheless, there exists a special taxation scheme for foreigners. Those who qualify for this special taxation can benefit from a 20% flat tax rate. While the 20% tax rate may seem lower compared to the normal progressive tax r.. 더보기
[Tax Updates 2024] Child care non-taxable salary limit increased! The goverment has announced a tax law revision set to be implemented from January 2024. Today, I bring good news for employees. If you have seen my previous post at Septemebr(refer to the post below), you'd be aware of the non-taxable items in an employee's salary. Typically, there are 3items that people can usually can apply for: 1)Meal allowance(200,000KRW) , 2)Subsidy for use of private vehic.. 더보기
Year-end taxsettelemt Guide for Foreign employees in Korea -1 In Febuary, It's the season for 'year-end tax settlement'. Every employees, or more precisely, every salary and wage incomers goes through the same process every year. even if you are foreigner, there's no exception. 1.What about the taxes I'm paying every month by dedcuting from my salary? When employee's receive their salary from the company, they don't receive the full contracted amounts beca.. 더보기
[Tax benefit]Tax Benefits Available to foreign employees in Korea - Part 2 (Special tax rate) [Tax benefit]Tax Benefits Available to foreign employees in Korea - Part 1 (Special tax rate) Korea's tax rates follow a progressive tax system, which means that the more income you earn, the higher the percentage of your income you pay in taxes. Below is the Korean tax rate table. As you can see, the tax rate can increase to approximately 50% when www.g-tax.kr Following the previous post, today.. 더보기
[Payroll] Reducing Your Income Tax with Non-Taxable Salary When you receive a salary from a company, it typically comes with taxes and four social insurance contributions that reduce your net income as your salary increases. However, there are a few salary components classified as non-taxable under the Income Tax Law. These items are exempt from both taxes and social insurance deductions. Today, I will explain three such non-taxable items and the condit.. 더보기
[Payroll] Demystifying Payroll: The way of Calculating Employee Income Tax on Payslips If you are an employee working for a company, you will receive payment in the form of a salary from the company. (It's same even if you are a representative of a corporate!) And You can observe a few items that have been deducted from your contracted salary (gross salary), highlighted in red in the sections below. These factors can be quite frustrating as they result in a decrease in your gross .. 더보기