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annual rental income of less than 20 million won must pay taxes from this year.

The National Tax Service investigated 3,000 people who were suspected of not properly reporting their jeonse or monthly rent.



Reporter Yoo Deok-ki covered this news.



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Mr. A, who rents more than 60 multi-family houses for rent in Seoul, did not report that he received a monthly rent increase in popular school districts such as Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu.



Cleaning and heating expenses received from tenants are also rental income, but they have not been reported at all.



Mr. B is renting two apartments with a market value of 10 billion won in Seocho-gu, Seoul.



In the case of jeonse, up to two houses combined with a couple are not subject to taxation, but if you have three or more houses like Mrs. B, the amount equal to the interest rate of the term deposit is considered as rent for the amount of less than 300 million won from the jeonse deposit.



The Internal Revenue Service analyzed all reports of people who rented more than 3 houses or houses with a base price of more than 900 million won.



Among them, 3,000 people reported that there was a situation in which they had escaped rental income, and the verification was initiated.



The number of verification targets increased by 1,000 from last year.



[Kim Dae-il/Director of Income Tax Division, Personal Taxation Bureau, National Tax Service: This year, the scale of verification has been expanded to reinforce tax management, as individuals with incomes of 20 million won or less are included in the taxable category.



Foreigners working in Korea often do not register leases because they do not have a deposit even though they live a high monthly rent, and landlords who use this to get away with rental income are also subject to intensive verification.



In the future, the National Tax Service will inspect registered rental companies for violating mandatory rental periods or restrictions on rent increase and collect unfairly reduced tax amounts.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Kang Kyung-rim)