Guide to 12 Common Tax Forms

No need to memorize the form number — knowing what it's for is enough, Hometax finds the rest.

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Year-end settlement, comprehensive income tax filing, and various certificates all correspond to specific form numbers. Hometax e-filing applies the right form automatically in most cases, but knowing the number helps when paper submission is needed or when communicating with your employer's payroll team.

Below is a quick reference, split into filing forms and certificate forms, for what foreign employees and business owners run into most often.

Filing forms

Form 24-1: Wage & Salary Income Tax Withholding Receipt
Form 37: Report of Exemption & Deduction from Income (for year-end settlement)
Form 40-1: Final Return of Tax Base and Computation of Global Income Tax
Form 40-4: Final Return (Single Income — Simplified Expense Rate applicants)

Certificate forms worth knowing too

Eight certificate forms round out the set: Certificate of Business Registration, Certificate of Tax Payment, Certificate of Income, Certificate of Business Suspension/Closure, Tax Clearance Certificate, Certificate of Residence (plus its application form), and the Certificate for a Non-resident's Tax Payment on Korean-source income — all issuable instantly through the "Civil Certificate" menu on Hometax.

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