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kumoh
Joined: 05 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject: why should pay regional education tax(지ዐ |
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If you have a car once a year you get a tax bill where you should pay:
1. 차동차세 (Car tax) I am fine with this I drive-I pay
2. 지방교육세 (Regional Education Tax) but I don't want to pay this tax, bcz I am not Korean, I don't get educational benefits like Koreans (kindergarten support from government etc)
This is not big amount, like 10Kwon, but I think foreigners in Korea should be free from this tax. |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: why should pay regional education tax(지&# |
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| kumoh wrote: |
If you have a car once a year you get a tax bill where you should pay:
1. 차동차세 (Car tax) I am fine with this I drive-I pay
2. 지방교육세 (Regional Education Tax) but I don't want to pay this tax, bcz I am not Korean, I don't get educational benefits like Koreans (kindergarten support from government etc)
This is not big amount, like 10Kwon, but I think foreigners in Korea should be free from this tax. |
Why? Koreans overseas aren't exempt from paying taxes like that there, so why should you be any different? Besides, what's stopping you from taking advantage of education benefits. I'm positive that that tax is not just for kindergarten support, but for education on the whole. Go take some classes somewhere, learn something, and get your taxes back! |
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r122925
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: why should pay regional education tax(지&# |
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| kumoh wrote: |
If you have a car once a year you get a tax bill where you should pay:
1. 차동차세 (Car tax) I am fine with this I drive-I pay
2. 지방교육세 (Regional Education Tax) but I don't want to pay this tax, bcz I am not Korean, I don't get educational benefits like Koreans (kindergarten support from government etc)
This is not big amount, like 10Kwon, but I think foreigners in Korea should be free from this tax. |
This is a silly thing to complain about.
Koreans who don't have children also don't "benefit" from this tax. But there's all kinds of taxes out there that pay for things that you never directly benefit from. How about that park that was built with tax money that you never visited? Or that road that you never drive on? What is the government thinking wasting my money like that!!
Taxes don't always directly benefit you, you might even be able to argue that they rarely do, but the idea is that they benefit society as a whole. A better educated population benefits everyone. It doesn't matter if your kids go to Kindergarten or not. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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i don't agree with any tax.  |
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kumoh
Joined: 05 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Go take some classes somewhere, learn something, and get your taxes back! |
Huh, Any classes in english ??? except Korean language give me some directions I am eager to learn, even some of government educational courses would not admit you bcz u dont have 주민등록증.
Once again this tax comes together with transportation tax, so foreigners who do not drive a cars do not pay. Why driver foreigners should pay??? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you know the cost of all oil-based fuels here (home use too) already contains a 10% education tax? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I tend to think that an educated populace is a benefit for me. That's why I don't have an issue with childless persons paying taxes marked for education in my home country. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| I tend to think that an educated populace is a benefit for me. That's why I don't have an issue with childless persons paying taxes marked for education in my home country. |
yeah, dude, me too.
the OP sounds really precious. |
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