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Durunuri Social Insurance Subsidy Calculator — Under 10 Workers, Pay Under 2.7 Million Won: 80% of Pension and Employment Insurance for 36 Months
At workplaces with fewer than 10 workers in Korea, pay under 2.7 million won a month and no cover in the year before applying earns an 80% subsidy on pension and employment insurance premiums for worker and employer each: up to 87,400 won and 16,560 won a month, for 36 months.
Workers' Compensation Sick-Leave Benefit Calculator — 70% of Average Wage, Nothing for 3 Days or Less, 2026 Cap 268,299 Won a Day
Korea's workers' compensation sick-leave benefit pays 70% of the average daily wage while you can't work for treatment, but nothing for 3 days or less. An average wage above the 2026 cap of 268,299 won counts as the cap; low earners can rise to the 82,560 won minimum wage amount.
Unpaid Wage Substitute Payment Calculator — Simple Route Up to 10 Million Won, Insolvency Route 2.2 to 3.5 Million Won a Month by Age
When an employer in Korea fails to pay, the state pays a substitute payment first. On the simple route (judgment or arrears certificate) it is up to 7 million won for wages and 7 million won for severance, 10 million won in total; the insolvency route caps it at 2.2 to 3.5 million won a month by age.
Burden-Gift Capital Gains Calculator (Korea) — Only the Debt Share Is a Sale: a KRW 1bn Home With a 400m Deposit Sells for 400m (Decree Art. 159)
In a Korean gift with assumed debt, the part equal to the debt the recipient takes on is treated as a sale. Sale price and cost are both scaled by debt ÷ gift value. A KRW 1bn home gifted with a 400m deposit, bought for 500m, gives a 400m sale price, 200m cost and 200m gain.
Implied Lease Renewal Calculator (Korea) — Landlord 6 to 2 Months Before, Tenant 2 Months, Then 3 Months' Notice to End
If a Korean landlord gives no notice 6 to 2 months before a lease ends, or the tenant none by 2 months before, it renews for 2 years on the same terms. After that the tenant can end it at any time, effective 3 months after notice arrives — received 21 October 2026, from 22 January 2027.
Reserved Share (Yuryubun) Calculator (Korea) — Half the Statutory Share for Children and Spouse, a Third for Parents, None for Siblings
Korea's Civil Act Art. 1112 reserves half the statutory share for descendants and the spouse and a third for ascendants; siblings' reserved share was deleted on 20 September 2024. With a spouse and two children and a 700 million won basis, each child's reserved share is 100 million.
Inheritance Renunciation & Qualified Acceptance Deadline Calculator (Korea) — Three Months from Learning, Otherwise Outright Acceptance
In Korea, renunciation or qualified acceptance must be filed with the family court within three months of learning the inheritance opened, or you're deemed to accept outright. Learn of excess debt later, without gross negligence, and you get three months from then for qualified acceptance. Learned on 21 October 2026: by 21 January 2027.
Phone-Scam Refund Calculator (Korea) — Freeze, Extinction Two Months After Notice, Pro Rata Refund Within 14 Days
Korean phone-scam victims can ask a bank to freeze the fraud account; two months after the FSS notice the holder's claim is extinguished and refunds are decided within 14 days, shared by loss if the balance is short. A 20 million balance, 40 million total losses and a 10 million loss gives 5 million won.
Wage Garnishment Calculator (Korea) — Half Is Protected, Floor 2.5 Million, Ceiling 3 Million Plus Half the Excess
Korea's Civil Execution Act protects half of wages, with a floor of 2.5 million won a month and, above 3 million, protection of 3 million plus half the excess. On 4 million won a month, 2.5 million stays and up to 1.5 million can be seized.
Daily Worker Income Tax Calculator (Korea) — Nothing up to 150,000 Won a Day, 1,350 Won on 200,000, Under 1,000 Not Collected
Korean daily workers' tax is (day's pay − 150,000) × 6% less 55% of that, and nothing is collected under 1,000 won. On 200,000 won that's 1,350 won income tax plus 135 won local tax; on 187,000 won it's 0.
Overtime & Night-Work Pay Calculator (Korea) — 50% over 8 Hours or 22:00–06:00, None under 5 Workers
Labour Standards Act Art. 56 adds at least 50% of ordinary wages for work beyond 8 hours a day and for night work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It doesn't apply to workplaces of four or fewer. At 12,000 won an hour, 18:00 to 03:00 with a 60-minute break pays 126,000 won.
Long-Term Repair Reserve Refund Calculator — The Owner's Cost, Get It Back If You Paid as a Tenant (Korea)
Under Korea's Multi-Family Housing Management Act, the long-term repair reserve is collected from owners, so tenants who paid it in their fees get it back from the owner under Decree Art. 31(8). 18,000 won for 24 months is 432,000 won.
Tax Penalty Calculator — Non-filing 20%, Under-reporting 10%, Fraud 40%, Late Payment 0.022% a Day
Korea's Framework Act on National Taxes adds 20% of tax for not filing (interim returns included), 40% for fraud, 10% for under-reporting, plus 0.022% a day for late payment. 10 million won unfiled and 100 days late means 2.22 million won.
Capital Gains Interim Return Deadline Calculator — Property: 2 Months from Month-End; Shares: 2 Months from Half-Year End
In Korea, sell property and file an interim capital gains return within 2 months from the end of the month of sale; Korean shares within 2 months of the half-year end. File even at a loss; foreign shares and derivatives have no interim return. Sold 20 October, due 31 December.
High-Dividend Company Separate Tax Calculator — 14% to 20m, 20% to 300m, 25% to 5bn, 30% Above (from 2026)
Cash dividends received from 1 January 2026 from Korean high-dividend companies can be taxed apart from other income: 14% up to 20 million won, 20% to 300 million, 25% to 5 billion, 30% above. 50 million won gives 8.8 million won.
Statutory & Late-Payment Interest Calculator — 5% Civil, 6% Commercial, 12% in Court, 20% Cap
In Korea, unpaid money carries 5% a year under the Civil Act or 6% for commercial acts absent agreement, and 12% from the day after a claim is served once judgment is given. Agreed interest is capped at 20%. 10 million won at 5% for a year is 500,000 won.
Commercial Lease Converted Deposit & 5% Increase Calculator — Deposit + Rent×100, Seoul 900 Million Won Threshold
The 5% cap on Korean commercial rent increases applies when the converted deposit (deposit + rent × 100) is within 900 million won in Seoul, 690 million in the control zone and Busan, 540 million in metropolitan cities, 370 million elsewhere. 50 million + 3 million rent gives 350 million won.
Unpaid Wage Interest Calculator (Korea) — 20% a Year, and Three Times in Court
Fourteen days after you leave, and from the next day interest runs at 20% a year. Since 23 October 2025 it runs on wages unpaid while you are still employed, and any one of three grounds lets you claim up to three times in court.
Unpaid Retention Subsidy Calculator (Korea) — This Money Goes to the Worker's Account
Same name, different pocket: the paid retention subsidy goes to the employer, the unpaid one straight to the worker. A 20-person workplace needs half its staff off for 30 days; a 99-person one needs ten - and both numbers are ten.
Employment Retention Subsidy Calculator (Korea) — A Large Firm Gets Two-Thirds Too, Past a Half-Cut
The state returns two-thirds of the shutdown allowance the employer paid - one-half at a large firm. But cut more than half the month's contract hours and a large firm gets two-thirds as well, because item (ii) of the provision carries no large-firm bracket.
Shutdown Allowance Calculator (Korea) — The Floor Is 70% of the Ordinary Wage, the Ceiling 100%
The statute says "70% of the average wage", but for a monthly-paid worker without bonuses it becomes 70% of the ordinary wage, because art. 2(2) lifts the average to it. Enter the shutdown date and three months' pay for the legal minimum; anything received comes off before the 70%.
Maternity Leave Benefit Calculator (Korea) — Firm Size Changes Who Pays, Not What You Get
On a 3m won monthly wage a priority-support firm's worker gets 6.6m from the state and 1.6m from the employer; at a large firm it is 2.2m and 6m - the same 8.2m won either way. Enter your wage and firm size to see the split.
Annual-Leave Use-Promotion Deadline Calculator (Korea) — Ten Days from 1 July, Then 31 October
Whether the employer's notice fell inside the "10 days from six months before" window turns on a single date. Enter your hire date for the window and both deadlines; under one year of service there are two clocks.
Unemployment Benefit for the Self-Employed in Korea — Only Extended Benefit and the Early-Return Allowance Are Left Out
The base amount comes not from your takings but from the figure you insured on. And one missed premium is enough to block it if you have only just passed a year.
Korea's EITC Half-Year Claim — the Months-Worked Divisor Moves More Than the 35%
Annualising first-half income multiplies it by seven at one month worked and by two at six. Fewer months means a larger deemed income - unless you left mid-year, when it is fixed at six months.
Korea's Other Unemployment Allowances — 10,320 Won a Day, 25 Kilometres and 7.5 Tonnes
Three more payments sit beside the jobseeker's benefit. None of them carries its amount in the Act, and two are sent to a table in the civil-service travel rules - which turns out to have no distance in it.
Korea's Housing Subscription Deduction — a 1.2m Won Deduction Hands You 198,000 Won
40% of up to 3 million won a year comes off your income, not your tax, so only your rate returns. And closing within five years repays 2.27 times what the 6% band ever saved.
Korea's Early Reemployment Allowance — Nothing at 104 Days, 3.47m Won at 105
It pays half of the jobseeker benefit you leave behind. But you must leave at least half, start more than 14 days after filing, and earn under 5.74m won a month at the new job.
2027 Minimum Wage Checker (Korea) — 10,700 Won, and Why the Same Pay Is 9,743 If Meals Are in Kind
Up 380 won (3.7%) to 2,236,300 a month. But the pay measured against it is not the total - it is regular monthly pay, and bonuses and meal money have counted in full since 2024.
Regional Health Insurance Premium Calculator (Korea) — the Same 24m Won Costs 71,900 as a Pension and 143,800 as Business
One line for income, one for property. Only wages and pensions count by half, and property is nothing to 100m, then 4,653 won from the next 10,000.
Health Insurance Dependant Test (Korea) — Interest Counts as Zero to 10m Won, and in Full One Won Over
There is more text between "income 20m" and "property 540m". Pensions count in full, financial income is a cliff, and past the property line the income limit halves.
Basic Pension Income Test — the Same 100m Won Can Be Nothing, 267,000 or 100m
A home under the allowance is zero, savings convert at 4 percent over 12 months, and a car counts whole every month. That is the order of the words in the Rule.
Deductions Korea's Tax Feed Leaves Out — and Why
It was the Decree, not the tax office, that removed glasses and hearing aids. One proviso explains it.
Korean City Gas Bill Calculator — Heat Units and Discounts
A heat value sits between the volume and the charge, so the same cubic metres cost differently each month.
Korean Energy Voucher Calculator — Eligibility and Amount
The bracket is not the summer share; it is all that remains once winter comes from elsewhere.
Korean Housing Fund Deduction Calculator — One Shared Cap
Rent loan and savings share 4m won, and both sit inside the mortgage interest cap.
Korean National Health Screening — Who Is Eligible This Year
Age is the year minus your birth year, not your age in full years. And only non-desk staff go annually.
Korean Medical Expense Tax Credit Calculator — The 3% Floor
The 7m won cap sits on paragraph 1 only. Whose return a parent's bills go on is decided right there.
Korean Year-End Tax Settlement Calculator — Refund or Bill
The rates do not apply to gross pay. Two subtractions come first. And the child credit now starts at 13.
Korean Interim Income Tax Calculator — Not Half of Last May
The statute adds last November's interim payment too, then halves the sum. Under 500,000 won nothing is collected.
Korean VAT Calculator — Simplified VAT Does Not Subtract Input Tax
It multiplies sales by a sector rate instead, so however large the purchases, no refund arrives.
Monthly Rent Tax Credit Calculator (Korea) — Four Thresholds, and Rent Counted by Days
In February 2026 the way the rent itself is counted changed - days rented, not months paid.
Korean Inheritance Tax Calculator — The Deductions Come Before the Rate
With a spouse and children, nothing is due up to 1bn won - that is what the statute says.
Pension Savings and IRP Tax Credit Calculator (Korea) — Two Caps, and You Need Tax to Owe
The same 9m won lands differently by where it went, and short of tax the rest simply disappears.
ISA Tax-Saving Calculator (Korea) — The Tax Is Not on the Profit
Only interest and dividends after losses and fees are taxed - this puts a number on the difference.
Child Credit Calculator (Korea) — Per Child, and How It Compares With the Child Tax Credit
The table figure is per child, so the count multiplies straight through - and the end is a cliff.
Korea's Earned Income Tax Credit Calculator — What the Table Pays, Not the Formula
Working the statutory formula under-reports the benefit; the amount comes from the Decree's benefit table.
Comprehensive Real Estate Tax Calculator — Six Steps from the Published Price
Deduction off, 60% applied, property tax given back — the notice built in the order the statute builds it.
IRA Contribution and Deduction Calculator — What Is Left Inside the Band
Halfway through the band you get exactly half the limit — and the IRS worksheet carries two lines the short page does not.
Social Security Claiming-Age Calculator — 62 vs 67 vs 70, and Where They Cross
The early reduction is not one rate — the three years before full retirement age cost 6.67pp each, and everything earlier costs 5.0pp.
Korean Annual Leave Calculator — 11 Days at One Year, 26 One Day Later
Enter a hire date and a reference date and you get both the days accrued and what the unused ones are worth. The sharpest split is leaving after exactly one year: 11 days against 26, decided by a single day.
Korean Severance Tax Calculator — The Same 100m Won, Taxed 39 Ways
How much you received is only half of it. The statute divides the payout by years of service, runs it through the rate table, then multiplies it back — so longer service drops it into lower brackets.
Korean DSR Calculator — the Ratio That Sets Your Limit, Not You
Enter income and existing debt to see how much more you can borrow, and what the limit would be with the stress rate switched off.
Five Places People Get Korea's DSR Wrong — All of Them in Figures
Counting interest only gets you a quarter of the way, the heavy thing is the term rather than the balance, and the LTV limit is not your limit.
Korean Holiday Work Pay Calculator — Chuseok 2026, and Why Headcount Comes First
The 1.5x answer is right but incomplete. Table 1 of the Enforcement Decree omits article 56 from the Chapter 4 cell, so below five staff the premium is not 1.5x but zero.
Korea Parental Leave Benefit Calculator (2026)
“The deferred payment was abolished” appears nowhere on Employment 24. The pre-deletion version of Decree art. 95(4) and the addenda to Decree 35100 settle it — and the line runs through 1 January 2025, not your start date.
Korean Part-Time Pay Calculator (2026) — The ₩41,280 Step at 15 Hours
The statute measures the 15-hour holiday-pay line as a four-week average, and the probation cut is not “up to 10% of pay” but “the hourly minimum wage minus 10 per cent” — a floor of ₩9,288 in 2026.
Korean Net Salary Calculator (2026) — 9.72% for Most, 6.53% at the Top
The ₩200,000 tax-free meal allowance carries a proviso: “limited to a person who is not provided with meals.” Childbirth support, meanwhile, is tax-free in full with no cap, and childcare allowance runs ₩200,000 per child.
Korean Net Pay by Salary, 2026 — You Keep 90% at ₩24M and 79% at ₩100M
Salary rises 4.2 times while net pay rises 3.7. Social insurance is not the cause — income tax is.
Buying a Car in the US — Cash vs Finance vs Lease, and the 84-Month Trap
Stretching to 84 months halves the payment and multiplies total interest by 2.4.
US Home Sale Costs and Capital Gains — The Two-Year Rule Has Three Parts
Owning two years, living there two years, and no exclusion claimed in the prior two years. All three apply.
Korea Car Purchase Tax — Acquisition Tax Applies to the Pre-VAT Price
A ₩20M car carries ₩4.92M of tax. Apply 7% to the gross and you overstate it by ₩149,100.
Korean Property Tax — Between ₩600M and ₩900M It's a Ramp, Not a Step
That band has its own formula. And a single 85㎡ line decides ₩2 million.
Prepayment Penalty Calculator (Korea, 2026)
The 2025 cut was not the same for everyone — bank credit loans fell to an eighth, savings banks by under a fifth.
Korean civil service pay tables — step 1 is anchored to the general-service grades (2026)
We laid all twelve annexes side by side. A researcher matches grade 5, an associate researcher grade 7, a police constable grade 9 — to the last digit.
US Capital Gains Tax Calculator: The One-Year Line
Hold over a year: 0/15/20%. Under a year: up to 37%. A few days can cost thousands.
US Median Earnings (2026) — By Education, By Occupation
US full-time median weekly earnings are $1,251 (BLS, Q2 2026) — a median, not an average, and before tax.
Jobseeker Benefit Calculator (Korea) — a 68,100 Won Cap, a 66,048 Won Floor, and 2,052 Won Between Them
Korea's 2026 jobseeker benefit: 60% of average wages, capped at 68,100 won with a 66,048 floor — a band just 2,052 won wide. Daily amount and benefit days.
Korea Electricity Bill Calculator — Why 451 kWh Costs ₩6,790 More Than 450
450 kWh is ₩85,740; 451 kWh is ₩92,530. See exactly which line item creates the jump.
Korea Severance Pay Calculator (퇴직금)
Korean law requires severance after 1 year. Enter your dates and salary to estimate it.