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Why can a foreign-invested company in Korea not assume imported capital goods are automatically tax-exempt?

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Hyejin Kim
May 29, 2026 3,091 views 1 answer
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A foreign-invested business hears that certain imported equipment may be exempt from customs-related taxes in Korea and starts assuming every qualifying-sounding machine will pass automatically. Please explain why this relief is more conditional than that.

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