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Starting this year, the maximum tax deduction for pension account payments will increase to 9 million won.



If you continue to step on the lane and drive, you will receive a fine and penalty points, and citizens under the age of 24 who are concerned about privacy infringement due to a post they posted online during their youth can apply for the deletion of the post.



Noise standards between floors in multi-unit dwellings are strengthened, and veterinary hospitals are obliged to notify the cost of animal surgery in advance.



The government published today (5th) a booklet titled 'This will change from 2023' containing these contents.



The booklet contains policies that change in the new year by sector, department, and time.



The tax credit limit for contributions to pension savings will increase from KRW 4 million to KRW 6 million.



If retirement pensions such as individual retirement pension (IRP) are included, the tax credit will increase from 7 million won to 9 million won.



If your pension income this year exceeds 12 million won, you can choose a 15% separate taxation.



If a traveler voluntarily reports their belongings, the limit of the system that reduces the calculated tax amount by 30% will increase from 150,000 won to 200,000 won.



From June, detailed information such as expected location and intensity of typhoons passing through the Korean Peninsula will be provided every three hours.



Starting on the 12th of this month, those eligible for new resident registration card issuance can apply for and receive a resident registration card by visiting a nearby community center anywhere in the country, even if they are not in the jurisdiction of the place of residence.



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If you violate the duty to comply with lane traffic, such as continuously stepping on the lane and driving, a fine of 30,000 won (for passenger vehicles) and 10 penalty points will be imposed.



A pilot project for the right to be forgotten digitally for children and youth will be implemented from April.



This is a business that allows you to exercise the right to delete when there is a violation of personal information due to texts, photos, videos, etc. posted online by children and adolescents under the age of 18.



Anyone under the age of 24 can apply, and you can apply by accessing the personal information protection portal and attaching the URL of the post you want to delete and data proving that it is your own post.



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From this year, the standards for noise between floors in apartment buildings will be strengthened.



The direct impact noise standard of 43 decibels (dB) during the day and 38 dB at night changes to 39 dB during the day and 34 dB at night.



Individual sale of unlabeled bottled water is permitted.



Veterinary hospitals must post the cost of animal examination, hospitalization, vaccination, examination, etc. so that animal guardians can easily see it, and must verbally notify the estimated cost before serious treatment such as surgery.



A rapid inspection system for agricultural products delivered early in the morning will be operated from February.



The intention is to block the distribution of non-conforming products in advance by collecting agricultural products delivered at dawn from the distribution center and checking the inspection results on the same day.



In December, an agricultural products online exchange will be established.



Sellers and buyers will be able to conduct wholesale transactions of agricultural products through nationwide price comparison online.



For education benefits (educational activity support expenses), the payment method is changed from account transfer to card points.



Instead of receiving money in your account, you will receive education benefits with the credit/debit card points of the beneficiary.



An emergency care service for single households suffering from illness or in a crisis situation will be provided, and emergency housing and rental housing support will also be provided for victims of stalking.



From May 4, the government subsidizes the cost of the reduction when private individuals and private organizations that own nationally designated cultural properties receive a reduction in admission fees.



Eligibility for self-employed employment insurance premiums will increase.



Previously, only small business owners who did not hire workers were provided with 20-50% of employment insurance subsidy for five years, but starting this year, any small business owner can receive support simply by applying.



Anyone with an interest and hobby in cooking will be able to apply for army cooks, who were only able to apply for majors in the culinary field and holders of qualifications and licenses.