| < CHANGE OF FISCAL YEAR > | ||||||||||
| < Tax law on the change of fiscal year > | ||||||||||
| ¡á Corporate Tax Law, Article 7 (Change of Fiscal Year) | ||||||||||
| (1) A corporation that intends to change its fiscal year shall make report to the chief of the regional | ||||||||||
| tax office having jurisdiction over the place of tax payment within three months of the date of the last | ||||||||||
| day of the immediately preceding fiscal year as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. | ||||||||||
| (2) Where a corporation does not make report within any such period as prescribed in paragraph | ||||||||||
| (1), its fiscal year shall be deemed to be not changed, provided that where a corporation's fiscal | ||||||||||
| year which is prescribed by Acts and subordinate statutes is changed by amendment thereto, the | ||||||||||
| fiscal year shall be deemed to be changed according to such amendment even if a report as | ||||||||||
| prescribed in paragraph (1) is not made. | ||||||||||
| (3) Where the fiscal year is changed under paragraph (1) and the proviso of paragraph (2), the | ||||||||||
| period from the beginning date of the previous fiscal year to the day before that of the changed | ||||||||||
| fiscal year shall be deemed to be one fiscal year, provided that where such period is less than | ||||||||||
| one month, it shall be included in the changed fiscal year. | ||||||||||
| Therefore, if ABC Korea wants to change its fiscal year, following is the summary. | ||||||||||
| Situation : | ABC Korea wants to change the fiscal year from December to June | |||||||||
| effective from 2007. | ||||||||||
| In this case, company should declare the change with the tax office | ||||||||||
| on or before three(3) months from the prior fiscal year. | ||||||||||
| period | deadline for tax return | |||||||||
| 6th | 2006.1.1 ~ 2006.12.31 | 2007.3.31 | ||||||||
| 7th | 2007.1.1 ~ 2007.6.30 | 2007.9.30 | ||||||||
| 8th | 2007.7.1 ~ 2008.6.30 | 2008.9.30 | ||||||||
| < REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FROM OVERSEAS > | ||||||||||
| No specific document is required from overseas. | ||||||||||