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penfold
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:22 am Post subject: tax question - NEED ANSWER ASAP |
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hi everyone,
after two wereks of bugging our schools we finally got our payslips for the year. While 99% of everything seems to be OK, the GF's school doesn't seem to be paying taxes on her wage while mine is.
She told me public school teachers don't have to pay tax for the first two years.
1) Is this right? We are Australian if that effects anything.
2) If it is does anyone have a section of the labour law or official website I can show them on Monday.
3) Also what deductions should be taken out of my severance?
This issue is we are heading home on Monday so if her school is right, i need something to shove in their face monday morning.
AHHH, I started asking for this printout 2 weeks ago for this exact reason AHHHH
Any help would be great, wonderful etc
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: Re: tax question - NEED ANSWER ASAP |
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| penfold wrote: |
hi everyone,
after two wereks of bugging our schools we finally got our payslips for the year. While 99% of everything seems to be OK, the GF's school doesn't seem to be paying taxes on her wage while mine is.
She told me public school teachers don't have to pay tax for the first two years.
1) Is this right? We are Australian if that effects anything.
2) If it is does anyone have a section of the labour law or official website I can show them on Monday.
3) Also what deductions should be taken out of my severance?
This issue is we are heading home on Monday so if her school is right, i need something to shove in their face monday morning.
AHHH, I started asking for this printout 2 weeks ago for this exact reason AHHHH
Any help would be great, wonderful etc
penfold |
She is correct. Pubic school teachers <English and E2 visas>(with the EXCEPTION of Canadians) and Publicly funded university teachers do NOT pay income tax for the 1st two years in Korea.
If you are in a public school the standard contract has the tax exclusion in the article about salary and deductions. In the current government contracts it is article 8 sub 1.
Hakwon teachers DO pay tax and are NOT exempt.
Contact Wenise Kim for specifics. She can be reached at:
Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education
Level 3, Schools Policy Division
15 Worldcup-gil, Jangan �gu
Suwon , Gyeonggi-do 440-702
Republic of Korea
Ph. +82-(0)31-249-0044 |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| My public school wasn't taxing me until this past month. They said I hadn't submitted a tax exemption form nor provided a proof of residence from my home country (not sure what proof I would need other than a passport but they said there is such proof). |
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penfold
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:56 am Post subject: |
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thanks,
but I'm in a different province, but i'm differently doing to check this out
also the piece of paper that they gave me doesn't match up with my bankcard
So i'm off to school tomorrow to raise my concerns
penfold
EDIT: Can anyone point me to an official looking website that mention that PS teachers don't have to pay tax |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| My public school wasn't taxing me until this past month. They said I hadn't submitted a tax exemption form nor provided a proof of residence from my home country (not sure what proof I would need other than a passport but they said there is such proof). |
If you are from the states you need to submit a form 8802 to the IRS and use the returned document to get your tax exemption.
To the OP, you may be in a different province but the tax rules are the same (federal) and I don't have the other provincial liason office's phone numbers here at home. |
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penfold
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:33 am Post subject: |
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we are from Australia and the missus has told me that she hasn't given them anything or told them anything regarding any tax exception
Well i'm sure i'll have an interesting story to tell tomorrow, thank god korean schools are open on saturdays
so that rule is from the korean tax legislation?? Any one know the section or where i can find a copy in english, if one exists
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| penfold wrote: |
we are from Australia and the missus has told me that she hasn't given them anything or told them anything regarding any tax exception
Well i'm sure i'll have an interesting story to tell tomorrow, thank god korean schools are open on saturdays
so that rule is from the korean tax legislation?? Any one know the section or where i can find a copy in english, if one exists
penfold |
The rule isn't from the Korean Tax Legislation ... It is from the double Tax agreement between Australia and Korea - copy is on the Australian Tax office website (just do a search on tax agreement korea) ... It means that Australian residents who are teaching English in schools covered by it do pay tax in Korea for their first 2 years ... This, however, does not say anything about paying tax in Australia ... so unless you are classified as a non-resident for tax purposes (which is not necessarily easy to do) then you will need to pay Australian Tax on your Korean Income ... I am in the same boat ... and am about to try to be classified as a non-resident of Australia for tax purposes because I would rather pay the Korean tax than the Australian tax .... Much, much less..
If you do understand tax legislation all the information you need is on the ATO website ... (I used to work there....)
The situation for UK, USA, NZ and Canada are also covered by their countries double tax agreements with the UK ... and their own countries tax law ... that is why it is different for each country ... It is important to know what the actual situation is for you ...
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| My public school wasn't taxing me until this past month. They said I hadn't submitted a tax exemption form nor provided a proof of residence from my home country (not sure what proof I would need other than a passport but they said there is such proof). |
The US has a couple of different things you can get from the IRS. I'm not sure which is acceptable. I would think they should be able to give you a Korean form to sign. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| My public school wasn't taxing me until this past month. They said I hadn't submitted a tax exemption form nor provided a proof of residence from my home country (not sure what proof I would need other than a passport but they said there is such proof). |
My people were never able to tell me what form I needed. So far they have not taken out any taxes. I ordered a transcript because it would take less time and did not require a fee.
Something I read on the IRS site seems to imply that the Korean government can simply declare you a non-resident for tax purposes.
If you take the Korean exemption then from my interpretation you have to use the physical presence test to get your US exclusion.
See this thread:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=87567&highlight=tax+exclusion |
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