Korean Job Discussion Forums

prettyinscarlet777 · Joined: 29 May 2007 Location: masan

Has anyone ever heard of paying a small earned income tax at a public school? I am not paying other taxes because i am exempt but they say I have to pay a one time 40,000 won earned income tax this month.

can anyone explain?

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Might be a municipal tax.

poet13 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:34 am Post subject:

I think it's BS. Ask them to give you a receipt with the schools letterhead or stamp. Take it to a Korean person you trust to translate.

Let us know what happens.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

WTF is "earned income tax?" There's income tax and residence tax. Resident tax is 10% of your income tax. That's all. So if you don't have any income tax (i.e. income tax exempt), there's no residence tax.

That doesn't even make any sense. How can you earn income tax?

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Are you epik/smoe/gepik? Ask your organ grinder.

I've never heard of this tax.