[2026 Parliamentary Audit] "Non-Tax Revenue Delinquency Management Team" Clears 120.5 Billion Won in Arrears in 3 Months

National Tax Service's Non-Tax Revenue Delinquency Management Team: Operational Results
KRW 82.7 Billion Actually Collected; KRW 37.8 Billion Removed from the Books

The National Tax Service's Non-Tax Revenue Delinquency Management Team, launched in July this year, has cleared more than 120 billion won in arrears in just three months.

According to the "Operational Results of the Non-Tax Revenue Delinquency Management Team" provided by the National Tax Service to National Assembly member Jung Tae-ho of the Democratic Party of Korea, who serves on the National Assembly's Finance and Economy Planning Committee, the team cleared 120.5 billion won in arrears from July through September this year. Of that amount, 82.7 billion won was actually collected for the national treasury, while 37.8 billion won was removed from the books due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the debtor's death, or write-offs.

Approximately 430,000 people made actual payments, while about 109,000 people had their debts cleared from the books. In addition, around 242,000 people promised the team they would pay an additional 40.6 billion won in total.

The amount collected was 3.4 times the labor costs. The team's labor costs over the three months totaled 24 billion won. Collections also rose after the team gave advance notice that non-tax delinquency information would be transferred to the National Tax Service. According to the National Tax Service, after it informed people with unpaid police fines that their delinquency information would be transferred to the agency and that the team would contact them, payments rose from an average of about 1.2 billion won per day to 3.84 billion won on June 30, when the notices were sent, and 2.09 billion won the following day, July 1.

The team also checks on the living conditions of delinquent taxpayers and connects those facing financial difficulties with welfare programs. From July through September, it received a total of 3,055 applications for welfare referrals. However, welfare referrals were actually made in 298 cases, or 9.8% of all applications. As of the end of September, 1,853 cases, or 60.7% of the total, were still under review.

Earlier, in February this year, Jung sponsored the "Bill on the Collection and Management of Non-Tax Revenue Arrears" (the Integrated Collection Act), which would establish a systematic framework for using tax information and carrying out collection procedures, while providing a basis for managing delinquent taxpayers in light of their circumstances, including through deferrals of collection and the suspension of collection efforts.

"Even without the Integrated Collection Act having been enacted, the team has achieved meaningful results in just three months since its launch," Jung said. "The act must be passed promptly to establish an institutional foundation that can strengthen both collection efficiency and protections for vulnerable delinquent taxpayers."

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