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[mountaingirl]

My contract finishes this week. My director has never taken any tax off- but has decided that now he is taking 700,000 off to pay back taxes! He can't offer me any assurance that this money is even going to the tax office! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Any advice??

[Ya-ta Boy]

Maybe a discrete call to the tax office in which you mention the school name, just to make sure everything is OK?

[hellofaniceguy]

700,000 Won...something sounds wrong.
Unless you have been working at this school for over a year!
Tax rate is around 3.55% based on around 2 million Won per month salary. Do the math. that's around what.....40 thousand Won a month. 40 times 12 months.....480 thousand Won for 12 months. Ask the tax office.

[Draven]

My school did that last year. They didn't withhold any tax until the 9th month of the contract, then they took all 9 months worth, which just happened to be in December, two weeks before the 25th. Nice Christmas bonus. Even still, though, the tax bill was something like 260,000 for the 9 months. Your amount seems too high.

[Grotto]

tax per month off of a 2 mil salary is 28,000 won

12X28,000= 336,000+ change

[diablo3]

One way to feel relieved that you are paying tax is through these 2 documents, and ask your boss for them, he/she knows what they are:

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They show everything: tax, pay, etc.

[Ajarn Miguk]

[diablo3]

Nope, they never usually willingly provide such basic documents which workers are entitled to. Bigger companies will provide you this in 1 minute as they have a HR department, but the little hagwon will always struggle with this area and never help themselves preparing for such things.

I also never got one myself, for an excuse I will never understand.

[crazylemongirl]

This deduction has nothing to do with tax and everything to do with the director deciding that's what he's going to pay her and looking for an exucuse out.

I'm sure after she's fought him on the tax, he'll ask for a portion to cover any bills that she might leave, etc.

Basically the director knows that he/she has got you by the balls in terms of time so will keep on making up b.s excuses as to why you'll be leaving 700k lighter.

Perhaps get a (perferably older male) korean friend to have a go at your director. After that look into the labour board.

[the eye]

* EDIT *

true.
your tax rate is listed here:
http://nts.go.kr/front/service/refer_cal/gani/refer_gani_eng.asp

[turtlepi1]

If they didn't take tax, then they likely didn't take pension.
If you are from a country that gets pension back and the school has more than (5?) "full-time" employees you may want to make a stink about pension not being paid. Sure you will have to come up with the contributions in a lump sum, but then your employer will have to match it and you will get the bundle of their funds and yours at the end of the contract.

Be a bit careful though..remember you also have the year-end bonus and airfare they have yet to screw you out of.

[Pyongshin Sangja]