National Pension Service launches real-time link to National Tax Service simplified payment statements
Freelancers who earn business income through personal services will face a simpler process for submitting proof of income suspension, thanks to a new system that links real-time income data from the National Tax Service online.
The National Pension Service said it built a real-time income data inquiry system and began full operations Friday.
"Real-time income data" refers to simplified payment statement information on workers and personal service providers that the National Tax Service collects monthly to help close welfare blind spots, including expanding employment insurance coverage for vulnerable groups.
The National Tax Service will feed monthly business income data from personal service simplified payment statements directly to the National Pension Service in real time, and the pension service has built a system to allow immediate verification of that data.
Previously, freelancers providing personal services — such as insurance agents and delivery riders — who applied for a contribution exemption due to income suspension had to obtain and submit documents such as a termination certificate to the National Pension Service themselves.
When a business had suspended or ceased operations or no longer existed, obtaining such documents was particularly difficult, causing significant inconvenience.
Going forward, if a suspension of income is confirmed through a real-time check of National Tax Service income reporting records, freelancers will no longer need to submit separate documents such as a termination certificate.
Jung Tae-gyu, pension director at the National Pension Service, said the real-time online link to income data marks the first attempt of its kind among public institutions and "a meaningful achievement that fundamentally resolves the inconvenience freelancers have long faced in obtaining documents." He added that the service would continue to expand people-centered pension services by reducing complex procedures and improving convenience, "without missing even the smallest inconveniences in people's daily lives."
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