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November 2025 Tax schedule The main tax schedule for November is Interim individual income tax payment.It’s a prepayment of income tax that an individual business owner will pay in November this year, which will be credited toward the income tax due in May next year (for 2025 income, payable in May 2026).For example, if an individual business owner named Peter pays 5,000,000 KRW as interim tax in November 2025, and his fi.. 더보기
Ocotober 2025 Tax schedule This October 2025 comes with an unprecedentedly long holiday. From the 3rd to the 12th, including weekends, there will be a total of nine consecutive days off. If you’re from a European country, you might think it’s not a big deal — but for Koreans, it certainly is.For us as tax accountants, it’s particularly significant because the long holiday makes the tax filing deadlines quite tight. We app.. 더보기
April 2025 Tax schedule in Korea 1.VAT payment for individual business owners (25th Apr)If you own business as an individual, you will receive a VAT payment bill from the tax authority. Even if you don't file VAT returns, you are required to pay half of the VAT amounts you paid during your last VAT filing. This is an advance tax payment that will be deducted from your next VAT filing (4/25) 2.VAT filing for corporations (25th A.. 더보기
March Tax schedule in Korea 1.Corporate inocme tax filing (31st Mar)If you run a corporate business in Korea, corporate income tax filing is one of the most important tax filings of the year. You need to pay taxes on your company’s profits by submitting a corporate income tax return to the tax office and making the payment by the end of March.The deadline for filing is three months after the end of the fiscal year, which i.. 더보기
February Tax schedule in Korea 1.Preparation for Year-end tax settlement Nevertheless, the legal due date for the year-end tax settlement for employees is March 10th, but every company should complete the process in February (and many companies do it in January as well).Year-end tax settlement applies only to individuals working as employees of a company.If you are an individual business owner, you do not need to do a year-en.. 더보기
November Tax schedule in Korea 1.Withholding tax filing(11/11)When you pay your employees a salary, it is your responsibility to deduct taxes from their salary before paying them.*For example, if your employee has a contracted salary of 2,500,000 KRW, you must deduct 35,600 KRW for taxes, and pay your employee 2,464,400 KRW. The 35,600 KRW you deducted must be reported on a withhold tax return and paid to the tax office on be.. 더보기
[VAT]How to Prepare for Value Added Tax (VAT) filing 1.Why VAT filing is important?The VAT return includes company's revenue amounts and cost amounts. you can check in the below example of VAT return, revenu amounts in red and cost amounts in green.(Company's all revenue amounts are shows in the VAT return but for costs amounrs it shows only related to VAT)Therefore, filing VAT means company confirm company's revnue and cost numbers in the VAT per.. 더보기
[Tax benefit]Tax Benefits Available to SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) - Part 4 (Tax Benefit for Corporations Relocating Their Head offices Outside the Seoul Metropolitan Area ) SMEs in Korea may be eligible for special tax credits and tax reductions under the 'Act on Restriction on Special Cases Concerning Taxation.' Today's post is about tax redemption clauses, which can cut your company's tax by 100% for 6 years.(50% for additional 3years) 1.Corporations wishing to obtain the tax redemption must meet the following conditions The corporation must have been operating a.. 더보기