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Less Than Half of Foreign Companies in S. Korea Paid Corporate Taxes in 2013: Data

Less Than Half of Foreign Companies in S. Korea Paid Corporate Taxes in 2013: Data

SEJONG, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than half of foreign-run companies operating in South Korea paid corporate taxes in 2013, data by the country’s tax office showed Friday. According to the National Tax Service (NTS), there were 1,601 companies subject to corporate taxes at the end of 2013, but only 48 percent of the businesses, or [...]

Household Tax Burden Outpaces Income Gains in 2014

Household Tax Burden Outpaces Income Gains in 2014

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The tax burden for ordinary households in South Korea outpaced income gains in the first three quarters of 2014 by nearly double, official data showed Monday. According to figures provided by Statistics Korea, average income for a two-person household stood at 4,314,334 won (US$3,928.9) in the January-September period, up [...]

Top-10 Business Groups See Their Net Profit Tumble in 2013

Top-10 Business Groups See Their Net Profit Tumble in 2013

SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the financial results of Korea’s major corporations worsen, the corporate tax receipts paid by the companies have also shrunk. According to the Financial Supervisory Service and FnGuide, a financial information provider, on May 7, the 87 affiliate firms within the top-ten business groups posted the pretax net profit at 50.9 [...]