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Income Tax Act — Article 46 (Special Cases concerning Calculation of Amount of Income from Bonds, etc.)

소득세법 제46조

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 resident receives [(including conversion of convertible bonds to stocks, exchange of exchangeable bonds into stocks, and exercise of preemptive rights of bonds with warrant (applicable only where the issue price of new stocks is paid in such bonds with warrant), and conversion and redemption of bonds, etc. as described in Article 4 (7) 3, 3-2, or 3-3 of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act into stocks; hereinafter the same shall apply)] interest or the value of a discount accruing from bonds, etc. (hereafter referred to as "interest, etc." in this Article and Articles 133-2 and 156-3) from a corporation which issues bonds, securities or transferable securities falling under Article 16 (1) 1, 2, 2-2, 5 or 6, as prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereafter referred to as "bonds, etc." in this Article and Articles 133-2 and 156-3) or sells (including cases where the ownership of bonds, etc. or the rights to receive interest income change due to donation, repayment and investment, etc., and where sale is entrusted, mediated or arranged, however, cases prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as repurchase agreement, shall be excluded; hereafter the same shall apply in Article 133-2) the relevant bonds, etc., the amount of income shall be calculated considering the amount equivalent to interest, etc. attributed to a resident, by holding period as interest income pursuant to Article 16. <Amended by Act No. 10408, Dec. 27, 2010; Act No. 11146, Jan. 1, 2012; Dec. 29, 2020>

(2) When applying paragraph (1), where a relevant resident fails to prove the holding period of the relevant bonds, etc., as prescribed by Presidential Decree, income shall be calculated deeming the amount equivalent to interest, etc. in the period of withholding pursuant to Article 133-2 (1) attributed to the relevant resident. <Amended by Act No. 10408, Dec. 27, 2010>

(3) A method of calculating the amount equivalent to interest, etc. pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9897, Dec. 31, 2009][Enforcement Date: Jan. 1, 2025] Article 46 (1)

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