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As the comprehensive real estate tax bills fly, homeowners are told that a 'tax bomb' has fallen. A civic group analyzed the actual situation. Although taxes increased, they were very small compared to the increase in house prices.

I'm Hwa Kang Yoon.

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This is an apartment in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

The total real estate tax is estimated at 3.13 million won in an area of ​​84㎡

It is 2.3 times higher than last year, and the claim is a tax bomb.

But given that the new home price has risen 250 million won a year, the increased tax burden is minimal.

Participation solidarity was traded between January and September this year, and after analyzing 4,900 apartments in Seoul, which had a higher house price than last year, the average tax increase was 670,000 won and the apartment price was 143 million won.

The tax rate and public announcement increased the realization rate for the government to stabilize the real estate market, but the increase in the tax on taxes was only 0.8% of the rise in house prices.

[Hong Jung-hoon / Solidarity for Participation in the Reformation Center of Taxation: The current level of holding tax can never be the level that can curb real estate speculation or the like. It is most important to normalize the disclosure price that is the basis of the property tax.]

Some argue that the number of taxpayers increased due to the rapid increase in the number of taxpayers.

However, only 2.5% of households are required to pay excise taxes on homeownership, and the tax burden is still concentrated on the rich.

However, this analysis only covers apartments that have been dealt for two consecutive years, and multi-homeowners are not counted, so the actual tax burden may be slightly higher.

(Image editing: Kim Jong-tae)