National Tax Service Commissioner Nominee Ahn Deoksu: "I Will Do My Utmost to Deliver Fair Tax Administration"

Ahn Deok-su, nominee for National Tax Service Commissioner, said on November 6, “I will do my utmost to actively support the stabilization of people’s livelihoods and economic recovery, and to deliver fair tax administration that meets the public’s expectations through proper and equitable taxation.”

“I feel a profound sense of responsibility for being nominated as National Tax Service Commissioner at a time when public expectations and demands for tax administration are high,” Ahn said.

Ahn Deok-su, nominee for Commissioner of the National Tax Service.

Ahn Deok-su, head of the Seoul Regional Tax Office, was nominated as the new National Tax Service Commissioner. He is regarded as an investigation expert who has held key positions at the National Tax Service headquarters, including director of the Investigation Bureau. He was nominated for the post just four months after taking office at the Seoul Regional Tax Office.

After entering public service in 1998 upon passing the 40th Higher Civil Service Examination, Ahn held various key posts at the National Tax Service, including director of the Collection and Litigation Bureau and director of the First Investigation Bureau at the Busan Regional Tax Office; director of the First Investigation Bureau at the Jungbu Regional Tax Office; director of the Fourth Investigation Bureau and director of the Litigation Bureau at the Seoul Regional Tax Office; director of the Asset Taxation Bureau, director of the Collection and Litigation Bureau, and director of the Investigation Bureau at the National Tax Service; and head of the Seoul Regional Tax Office.

A National Tax Service official said, “Ahn has extensive experience in key areas of tax administration, including investigations, tax revenue sources, tax collection, and taxpayer protection, giving him a high level of expertise. He also has extensive experience collaborating with external agencies, including through secondments to the Office for Government Policy Coordination and the Tax Policy Office. He is viewed as having the ability to solve problems by bringing together field and policy perspectives, as well as the ability to mediate among stakeholders.”

In particular, while serving as director of the National Tax Service Investigation Bureau, Ahn actively fostered a business-friendly environment, including by minimizing tax audits conducted with auditors stationed on-site so that companies could focus solely on their business activities. At the same time, he responded firmly to unfair practices that disrupt the stock market, such as stock price manipulation and controlling shareholders’ pursuit of private interests, helping normalize the market and establish tax justice.

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