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kingplaya4
Joined: 14 May 2006
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 Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: Illegal tutors face 1 year jail term- F2/F5 Please read |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/117_19296.html
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By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
Those providing private tutoring service without reporting this to the authorities will now face up to one year in prison.
The National Assembly's Education Committee Tuesday passed a revision bill of the Private Tutoring Law to crack down on unregistered private teachers.
According to the law, those offering private education should report their teaching activity to the regional educational office and tax authority. Those violating the rule will be subject to one year in prison or a 5 million won fine. Previously, the punishment was up to a 1 million won fine.
The law targets tutors who provide pricey lessons at students' homes without paying taxes on their earnings. However, college or graduate school students are exempted from the regulation. Private tutoring is one of the most popular part-time jobs for students.
According to the revision bill, unregistered hagwon (private teaching institutes) or other forms of places that provide lectures to students will receive the same punishment as that for illegal tutors. The previous penalty was a one-year prison term or up to 3 million won in fines.
The amended law also stipulates that tutors who continue to give private lectures without reporting will be suspended from teaching for one year. Previously, such sanctions were slapped only on illegal hagwon, not tutors.
``Most private lecturers who take millions of won for a couple of lessons ahead of college admission tests do not report their earnings to evade tax. The revision is expected to help root out such illegal, expensive tutoring,'' Rep. Yoo Ki-hong of the United Democratic Party said.
The revision bill is expected to be passed in the National Assembly extraordinary session at the end of this month. |
Is the sky falling on this like I seem to think it is? I had planned to start up a home business doing this this summer after I got married, but now I imagine I will have to return to America to get my apostillized/notorized background check, and then have to give a big chunk of it to the tax man?
I heard about this yesterday, but expected there would be some discussion of it by now. This was also reported in the Korean press btw. Thoughts? |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| Well. I'm a student. Huray for me at least. |
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4seasons
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: hmm |
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| Seems like open season on teachers to me!! |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: Re: Illegal tutors face 1 year jail term- F2/F5 Please read |
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| kingplaya4 wrote: |
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/117_19296.html
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By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
Those providing private tutoring service without reporting this to the authorities will now face up to one year in prison.
The National Assembly's Education Committee Tuesday passed a revision bill of the Private Tutoring Law to crack down on unregistered private teachers.
According to the law, those offering private education should report their teaching activity to the regional educational office and tax authority. Those violating the rule will be subject to one year in prison or a 5 million won fine. Previously, the punishment was up to a 1 million won fine.
The law targets tutors who provide pricey lessons at students' homes without paying taxes on their earnings. However, college or graduate school students are exempted from the regulation. Private tutoring is one of the most popular part-time jobs for students.
According to the revision bill, unregistered hagwon (private teaching institutes) or other forms of places that provide lectures to students will receive the same punishment as that for illegal tutors. The previous penalty was a one-year prison term or up to 3 million won in fines.
The amended law also stipulates that tutors who continue to give private lectures without reporting will be suspended from teaching for one year. Previously, such sanctions were slapped only on illegal hagwon, not tutors.
``Most private lecturers who take millions of won for a couple of lessons ahead of college admission tests do not report their earnings to evade tax. The revision is expected to help root out such illegal, expensive tutoring,'' Rep. Yoo Ki-hong of the United Democratic Party said.
The revision bill is expected to be passed in the National Assembly extraordinary session at the end of this month. |
Is the sky falling on this like I seem to think it is? I had planned to start up a home business doing this this summer after I got married, but now I imagine I will have to return to America to get my apostillized/notorized background check, and then have to give a big chunk of it to the tax man?
I heard about this yesterday, but expected there would be some discussion of it by now. This was also reported in the Korean press btw. Thoughts? |
That's got to suck. I know if I were in your situation (getting married), I'd want to teach, too. So do you have any idea what the tax % you'll have to give to "The Man?" |
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kingplaya4
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| No idea on the percentage, hoping someone will know. Yep, I'm really stuck between a rock and a hard place. I wanted to go back to the US initially because my health's been so poor here, but its going to be difficult without having a high paying job back home (required for the marriage visa), so then I figured might as well do some privates and save up some more money and then go back. Apparently no dice. Maybe another year of hagwon hell for me? |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Quit whining.
(1) Taxes are pretty low here. Much lower than Europe or Canada or Australia.
(2) Paying taxes on income you earn is pretty much standard in any country outside of those experimenting in anarchy.
(3) If you're really going to be paying THAT much in tax, why not just become a grad student and earn a/another MA or Phd and exempt yourself from the restrictions. Becoming accepted to Korean grad programs is easy and they're cheap. I suggest Asian studies, public policy or business.
Seriously, being required to pay tax is a silly bitchy thing to whine about unless you're earning a below poverty level wage. Suck it up and register with the tax office. |
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kingplaya4
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:17 am Post subject: |
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^^Get a life troll freak.
1. Sure its whining when I probably have to go back home and pay thousands of dollars just to get the endorsement stamp (I'm doubting they're going to let me get my background check go unapostillized).
2. Why would I want to attend college just to get around a regulation? I already have a teaching certificate and am working on learning Korean, I'm not interested in college except possibly if it will help me learn Korean faster.
3. From what I've heard, the tax rate is considerably higher on private tutoring than it is on teachers. (One of the reasons I made this thread was for information on this, but what I've heard doesn't sound good). As far as what tax rates are back west, first off they're too high, and second we actually get something like enforced laws for all that money we give up. |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| wtf did my post get deleted or did i post it in the wrong thread? |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| kingplaya4 wrote: |
| ^^Get a life troll freak. |
That's a little harsh. I don't see why you think I'm a 'troll freak' because I don't agree with your opinion that you shouldn't pay taxes because you're self-employed. Quit whining, get registered and pay your taxes.
I'm sure it was irritating to have your plan of earning $40-$120 an hour and not pay taxes get crushed, but it's just like getting pissed off at a bank for fixing an ATM that gave out $100 instead of $20 a time. The free money would have been nice but you're not entitled to it.
I don't doubt that this is irritating to you, but it's hardly something to get angry about. It'd be like me complaining because they suddenly stopped me riding my motorcycle on the sidewalks or smoking in restaurants. If you don't want to pay taxes go try a war zone or declare independence or something. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Hmm... making it unattractive for the E2s, and possibly the E7s, to come here with the new regs... Using taxes as a way to come down on the illegals... Sending money home requires notes in your passport... and no bank card for three months for FOTBs.
Yep. They want us gone. |
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