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Income Tax Act — Article 144-5 (Special Cases concerning Timing for Withholding Tax from Business Income for Year-end Tax Settlement)

소득세법 제144조의5

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-05-17. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) Where a withholding agent who is to pay business income for year-end tax settlement fails to pay business income for January through November by December 31 of the relevant taxable period, income tax shall be withheld at source, considering that such business income was paid on December 31.

(2) Where a withholding agent fails to pay business income for year-end tax settlement for December by the end of February of the following year, income tax shall be withheld at source, considering that such business income was paid at the end of February of the following year.[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 10408, Dec. 27, 2010]

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