Half of the total real estate tax last year, worth 7.3 trillion won, was paid by the top 1% of payers.



According to the audit data received by the National Tax Service by Jin Seon-mi, a member of the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee, 49.2% (3.5756 trillion won) of last year's final tax amount of 7.26 trillion won was in the top payers. 1% (11,166 people) paid for it.



The average amount of tax per person was 355 million won.



The tax base of the top 1% of taxpayers was 369,236.6 billion won.



Rep. Jin analyzed that the average real estate holdings per person in the top 1% is about 36.3 billion won.



To narrow the scope further, the top 0.1% (1,016 people) of tax payers paid 30.8% (2.23 trillion won) of the total amount of tax paid.



The average amount of tax per person was 2.2.68 billion won.



The tax base for the top 0.1% was 243.76 trillion won, and the average tax base per person was 239.2 billion won.



The bottom 20% of taxpayers (203,331 people) paid 26.6 billion won, or 0.4% of the total tax amount.



The tax base was 1,1676.9 billion won.



The number of taxpayers and the amount of tax payable is on the rise.



Last year, the number of people who paid property taxes increased by 36.7% compared to the previous year, and the amount of tax increased by 86.3%, respectively.



It was analyzed that the rate of increase in the determined tax amount was higher in the lower section than in the upper section.



Compared to 2020, the final tax amount of the top 0.1% of taxpayers in 2021 increased by 36.8%, and the determined tax amount of the top 1% increased by 48.4%.



During the same period, the determined tax amount of the bottom 20% increased by 121.3%.



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