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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:40 pm Post subject: Hagwon Employees Looking for Easy Money |
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Hi guys,
As many of you may be aware some hagwons deduct 3.3% tax from your income andd then forget to pay it to the National Tax Service.
The good news is that if you are in this situation and you do your civic duty and report them you are also eligible for cash rewards of up to 1 billion won.
Source: http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2013/04/123_133269.html
So you not only help this great country in which we live, but you get rewarded as well. This is a win-win situation.
Call 1588-0560 now and if the operators are busy please keep trying. |
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Charlie Bourque
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: Hagwon Employees Looking for Easy Money |
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| big_fella1 wrote: |
Hi guys,
As many of you may be aware some hagwons deduct 3.3% tax from your income andd then forget to pay it to the National Tax Service.
The good news is that if you are in this situation and you do your civic duty and report them you are also eligible for cash rewards of up to 1 billion won.
Source: http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2013/04/123_133269.html
So you not only help this great country in which we live, but you get rewarded as well. This is a win-win situation.
Call 1588-0560 now and if the operators are busy please keep trying. |
Mother of Gawd... I suppose this gives us a bit more leverage when it comes to getting our flight money or severance pay.  |
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Wildbore
Joined: 17 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, this won't do anything.
The fines and penalties on the books NOW are enough to bankrupt most Hagwons. Increasing it won't do anything, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS ENFORCE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
Oh yea, and I never heard of anyone getting a reward for reporting an English Hagwon. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Wildbore wrote: |
...Oh yea, and I never heard of anyone getting a reward for reporting an English Hagwon. |
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfcEYKNugDvgHR4hVcTG2bQLL8Ag?docId=CNG.fb31e2b783a7329503e2a063cf01c148.361
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The most common targets in the education-obsessed nation are cram school owners who overcharge parents or run late-night classes, breaking state rules aimed at curbing spending on private education and pressure on kids.
"It's most popular because cram schools are everywhere, and housewives can easily act like ordinary parents asking for quotes for tuition," said Moon.
The education ministry said it had paid 3.4 billion won ($2.9 million) in rewards since the system was adopted in July 2009, with one person alone raking in nearly 300 million won by making more than 920 reports.
A cat-and-mouse game has developed between snoopers and their increasingly wary prey.
Chung often sneaks into a cram school in the evening and hides in a toilet for hours, until teachers have locked the door from inside to try to keep out the snoopers.
"Janitors often catch me in the toilet. I tell them I had sudden diarrhoea and urgently needed to go to the bathroom," Chung said.
Critics say snoopers are squeezing mom-and-pop businesses trying to survive in tough times.
Cho Young-Hwan, spokesman for South Korea's cram school association, called them "merciless predators" who forced many small cram schools to shut down. |
And now you have. |
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Wildbore
Joined: 17 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| Wildbore wrote: |
...Oh yea, and I never heard of anyone getting a reward for reporting an English Hagwon. |
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfcEYKNugDvgHR4hVcTG2bQLL8Ag?docId=CNG.fb31e2b783a7329503e2a063cf01c148.361
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The most common targets in the education-obsessed nation are cram school owners who overcharge parents or run late-night classes, breaking state rules aimed at curbing spending on private education and pressure on kids.
"It's most popular because cram schools are everywhere, and housewives can easily act like ordinary parents asking for quotes for tuition," said Moon.
The education ministry said it had paid 3.4 billion won ($2.9 million) in rewards since the system was adopted in July 2009, with one person alone raking in nearly 300 million won by making more than 920 reports.
A cat-and-mouse game has developed between snoopers and their increasingly wary prey.
Chung often sneaks into a cram school in the evening and hides in a toilet for hours, until teachers have locked the door from inside to try to keep out the snoopers.
"Janitors often catch me in the toilet. I tell them I had sudden diarrhoea and urgently needed to go to the bathroom," Chung said.
Critics say snoopers are squeezing mom-and-pop businesses trying to survive in tough times.
Cho Young-Hwan, spokesman for South Korea's cram school association, called them "merciless predators" who forced many small cram schools to shut down. |
And now you have. |
Different issue, the thread is about reporting an English Hagwon for tax evasion. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yes this particular hakwon may be engaging in tax evasion but you didn't just confine your remarks to that one, you made a statement about reporting hakwons for rewards in general.
Beside which the link in the OP states quite clearly
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| It plans to reward those who report tax fraud with up to 1 billion won, up from the current 100 million won. |
So there is a reward in place...and it's set to go up. |
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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Wildbore wrote: |
Unfortunately, this won't do anything.
The fines and penalties on the books NOW are enough to bankrupt most Hagwons. Increasing it won't do anything, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS ENFORCE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
Oh yea, and I never heard of anyone getting a reward for reporting an English Hagwon. |
They can't enforce the law if people don't report them, hence the reward system.
I've never heard of anyone getting a speed camera ticket here, does that mean those boxes on the side of the road are just for show? Or does it mean, I don't mix with any drivers? Or does it mean when they see a photo of foreigner they don't issue the fine?
How many people actually complain other than on Dave's? That is the problem. |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| big_fella1 wrote: |
I've never heard of anyone getting a speed camera ticket here, does that mean those boxes on the side of the road are just for show? |
They're not for show  |
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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| diver wrote: |
| big_fella1 wrote: |
I've never heard of anyone getting a speed camera ticket here, does that mean those boxes on the side of the road are just for show? |
They're not for show |
I found out that the parking CCTV isn't for show, usually things in this country are cheap but 60k won later T.T[/img] |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's pretty common for people to turn in hagwons. Last year, I was hanging out with the father of one of my students and he was wanting me to work at his school after getting off at the school where I was working. I asked him what the hours would be since I was getting off at 7:40 at the time. He said I would work from 8:00 until midnight. I would have loved to have made some extra money, but after reading about a teacher on an E-2 getting fined 8 million won for working at a second job, I was worried about an astronomical fine for working a second job and teaching after 10 pm, so I politely declined. He told me that it was a very real concern and problem for him too. He said "paparazzi" would often come in after 10 pm with their cameras to turn his school. He's Korean, but I've read on here about foreign teachers getting their pictures taken by strangers as they walk into hagwons, presumably for some sort of financial reward. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| EZE wrote: |
| I think it's pretty common for people to turn in hagwons. Last year, I was hanging out with the father of one of my students and he was wanting me to work at his school after getting off at the school where I was working. I asked him what the hours would be since I was getting off at 7:40 at the time. He said I would work from 8:00 until midnight. I would have loved to have made some extra money, but after reading about a teacher on an E-2 getting fined 8 million won for working at a second job, I was worried about an astronomical fine for working a second job and teaching after 10 pm, so I politely declined. He told me that it was a very real concern and problem for him too. He said "paparazzi" would often come in after 10 pm with their cameras to turn his school. He's Korean, but I've read on here about foreign teachers getting their pictures taken by strangers as they walk into hagwons, presumably for some sort of financial reward. |
An E2 teacher can legally work a second job if they get permission from their first employer, jump through the hoops, register with Immigration and get the job listed on their ARC.
The 10pm rule is a local rule in Seoul and some other cities, not nationwide. |
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