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The Practice of Continuing to Collect Delinquent Debts Despite Receiving Tax Benefits Will Be Corrected.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Young-kyung = From now on, financial companies will receive tax benefits by having individual delinquent debts recognized as losses, and then repeatedly extend the statute of limitations on the debt...

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Going forward, for financial institutions to have small delinquent loans from individual debtors recognized as losses, they must extinguish the debt on the scheduled date. This puts the brakes on the financial industry's practice of merely securing tax benefits through loss treatment while continuing debt collection. The Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service announced these details regarding the ‘Bad Loss on Financi…

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The financial authorities are implementing a conditional bad debt recognition system to address the practice of financial institutions continuing debt collection by extending the statute of limitations while enjoying tax benefits through bad debt write-offs. Under this measure, the statute of limitations will be mandatory for unsecured personal debts of 50 million won or less at banks and insurance companies, and 30 million won or less at other …

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Young-kyung = From now on, financial companies will receive tax benefits by having individual delinquent debts recognized as losses, and then repeatedly extend the statute of limitations on the debt...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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[Digital Daily Reporter Kim Nam-gyu] The brakes are being put on the practice of financial companies repeatedly extending the statute of limitations on delinquent debts with a low probability of recovery while continuing debt collection efforts. Going forward, financial companies must, in principle, complete the statute of limitations before writing off personal delinquent debts below a certain amount. The Financial Services Commission and the …

Going forward, financial companies will be able to receive bad debt recognition for unsecured delinquent personal debts only if the statute of limitations expires or the debt is waived.

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asiae.co.kr broke the news on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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