Falling tax revenues raise alarm on gov't fiscal health 세수감소로 정부 재정건전성에 경종

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올해 상반기 세금수입이 전년동기대비 40조원 감소했습니다.
법인세 17조원, 소득세 12조원, 부가세 4.5조원 등입니다.
법인세는 기업의 영업이익감소, 소득세는 주택거래감소와 소상공인들의 납부지연 등이 요인입니다.
정부는 세금징수목표를 하향조정할 계획이지만 추가경정예산을 편성할 계획은 없다고 합니다.
세수부족에 대한 해결책이 보이지 않습니다.
 
Falling tax revenues raise alarm on gov't fiscal health
세수감소로 정부 재정건전성에 경종

By Yi Whan-woo 이환우 기자
Posted : 2023-07-31 16:45 Updated : 2023-07-31 17:43
Korea Times

The logo of the Ministry of Economy and Finance is seen outside its entrance at Government Complex Sejong / Korea Times file 세종정부종합청사 입구에 기획재정부 로고가 보이고 있다. 코리아 타임즈 파일

Tax revenue down 39.7 tril. won through June
6월까지 세수 39조 7천억 원 감소

Tax revenues in Korea fell by nearly 40 trillion won ($31.4 billion) in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier, fueling concerns of a massive shortfall in the fiscal budget and the sustainability of the government's eased tax regulation.
2023년 상반기 우리나라 세수가 전년 동기 대비 40조원(314억 달러) 가까이 감소하면서 대규모 재정부족과 정부의 완화된 조세 규제 지속 가능성에 대한 우려를 부채질했다.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance said Monday that tax revenues totaled 178.5 trillion won from January to June, down 39.7 trillion from the same period of 2021.
기획재정부는 지난 1월부터 6월까지 세수가 총 178조 5천억 원으로 2021년 같은 기간보다 39조 7천억 원 줄었다고 21일 밝혔다.

In June alone, the amount of taxes collected fell by 3.3 trillion won year-on-year to 18.4 trillion won.
6월에만 세금 징수액이 18조 4천억원으로 전년 동월 대비 3조 3천억 원 감소했다.

Such a year-on-year decrease in taxes collected last month extends a fall in taxable income in the previous five months _ down by 6.8 trillion won in January, 9 trillion won February, 8.3 trillion won in March, 9.9 trillion won in April and 2.5 trillion won in May.
지난 달 세금징수액이 전년 동월대비 감소한 것은 지난 5개월간 과세소득의 감소가 이어지는데 이는 1월 6.8조원, 2월 9조원, 3월 8.3조원, 4월 9.9조원, 5월 2.5조원 감소이다.

The amount of taxes collected in the first six months of the year accounted for 44.6 percent of the government's yearly target of 400.5 trillion won.
올해 상반기 세금 징수액은 정부의 연간 목표인 400조 5천억원의 44.6%를 차지했다.

That marks the slowest pace of tax collection since 2000. It also lags behind the annual average of 53.2 percent seen over the past five years.
이는 2000년 이래로 세금 징수의 속도가 가장 느린 것이다. 이는 또한 지난 5년간 연평균 53.2퍼센트에 비해 뒤떨어지는 것이다.

By category, corporate tax revenues decreased by 16.8 trillion won year-on-year to 44.5 trillion won, mainly due to a fall in operating profits.
항목별로는 영업이익 감소가 주원인으로 법인세수가 전년 동기 대비 16조8천억원 감소한 44조5천억원을 기록했다.

Income tax went down by 11.6 trillion won year-on-year to 57.9 trillion won, driven by a fall in housing transactions and a prolonged delay in the payments of capital gains taxes by small businesses as well as other relevant taxes under the state-led pandemic relief aid.
소득세는 주택 거래 감소와 소상공인 양도소득세 납부지연 및 기타 국가주도의 팬데믹 구호지원에 따른 관련 세금 납부지연으로 인해 전년대비 11.6조 원 감소한 57.9조원을 기록했다. 

Value-added tax revenues fell 4.5 trillion won to 35.7 trillion won, while the tax concerning transportation and energy decreased by 0.7 trillion won to 5.3 trillion won as the government keeps extending the years-long tax cut on fuel to reduce the burden from volatile global oil prices.
부가가치세 세수는 4조5천억원 줄어든 35조7천억원, 교통에너지 관련 세금은 7천억원 줄어든 5조3천억원으로 정부가 수년간 지속해온 유류세 인하 조치를 글로벌 유가변동에 따른 부담을 줄여주기 위해 계속 연장하고 있다.

Sources familiar with the matter speculated that the finance ministry may revise down its yearly target of tax collection within August.
이문제에 정통한 소식통들은 기재부가 8월안에 연간 세금 징수목표를 하향 조정할 수도 있다고 전망했다.

The ministry nevertheless has dismissed the possibility of drawing up a supplementary budget, citing its policy aimed at improving fiscal health.
그럼에도 불구하고 기재부는 재정 건전성 제고를 위한 정책을 이유로 추가경정예산 편성 가능성을 일축했다.

Against this backdrop, Song Jeong-eun, a tax accountant, assessed that the government will "struggle more with a shortfall in spending in the second half of this year unless it comes up with effective countermeasures."
이런 상황에서 송정은 세무사는 "효과적인 대책을 내놓지 않는 한 올 하반기 지출이 부족해 더 고전할 것"이라고 평가했다.

She remained skeptical over whether the government will effectively tackle the tax revenue shortage, noting its tax code revision plan, which was unveiled last week, was still aimed at lessening the tax burden for businesses under its market-driven economic vision.
그녀는 지난 주 발표된 세법 개정 계획이 여전히 시장 주도적인 경제비전 하에서 기업의 세부담을 줄이는 데 목적이 있다고 언급하면서 정부가 세수부족을 효과적으로 해결할 것인지에 대해 회의적인 이었다.

The revision includes an increase in tax benefits for Korean businesses that bring back their overseas operations to Korea, bigger tax breaks for a range of foreign workers and gift tax exemptions for newlyweds.
개정안에는 해외 사업장을 국내로 복귀시키는 한국기업에 대한 세제혜택의 증가, 다양한 외국인 근로자에 대한 더 세금감면 확대, 신혼부부에 대한 증여세 면제 등이 포함되어 있다.

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