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[plokiju]

Hi,

Sorry that it's another tax issue but I don't know whether this problem has been discussed before.

My boss has been charging me 5% for income tax and residence fees. The tax office has told me the rate is 3-3.3%. My boss refuses to return the overdeduction. I've been to the labour board and apparently, there's an issue.

The tax office has no record of receiving any tax payment from my hagwon. So they can't verify any discrepancies between my deduction rate and the actual taxes paid. My school has until the end of the year to file my taxes. Withhout this I can not prove anything. Because, the school can claim 5% tax and tell me they are giving it all to the tax office but I can't prove that they aren't doing this without the records. I complete 6 months of work at the end of November so can leave just before January withhout penalty but my boss will be able to keep the money.

Does anyone have any suggestions? The labour board and tax office tell me that without the tax records they can't do anything to solve my problem. I went to the labour board today and filed a complaint and they'll be a sit down whenever but without the records I don't know how strong my case will be. I'd rather not have to wait until January or February to resolve this with the records. I'm in Daegu.

[IwalkAlone]

contact the pension office and get signed up on that, you can do it alone, then your boss will at least have to fork over 4.5% of your salary back to you after the year is up. Also don't tell him you are doing this, let it be a christmas surprise when the pension people contact his/her cheap ass.

You can also let the kids out 5 minutes earlier from every class, and keep doing it untill he pays you your full pay. Not full pay, not full teaching. Seems fair i think. And 3.3% is a joke too, more like 40,000 won about for most 1.9-2.2 salaries. so 5%-1.5% = 3.5% of 50 minute class = class dismissed 2 minutes early untill the boss changes his ways. Dont work for free.

good luck.

oh and the parents will find out classes are shorter and demand refunds most likey too, or an explanation...you are not in the wrong and the government agencies are a joke for you right now. Time to step up to the plate!

[plokiju]

I've thought about going to the pension office. I just don't know whether it's a viable option since I don't intend to stay here much longer. Definitely not until the end of the contract. So unless, I know I'd be able to claim it after only 2 months of paying into it, I don't think I want to sacrifice my half of the 9% payment.

Of course, if it's retroactive to the start of my contract, I would think more about it.

[Novernae]

I've never heard of any minimum to time working before you can claim your pension. You might have to pay retroactively, which means your employer will too Also, you might have to pay retroactively for your health care, but it is only about half of your pension so you still come out on top and your employer has to pay more

[Young FRANKenstein]

[Novernae]

I don't remember having seen this posted here before, but this is what people should be checking when they question the income tax they pay:

http://nts.go.kr/front/service/refer_cal/gani/refer_gani_eng.asp

Maybe this should be a sticky.

[plokiju]

I think I will go file a complaint at the pension office. I just want to verify that I'll be able to get the money back.

I don't know about the income tax calculator on that website. I went to the local tax office and they told me 3.3%. I think the website must just be federal income tax but I really don't know how much local taxes are or any of the other stuff the website mentions is not included in that figure. I should go back to the tax office to see what the breakdown of the 3.3% was.

[Young FRANKenstein]