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Why does Korea treat certain parental and childbirth leave benefits as non-taxable without turning every family-related payment into ordinary tax-free salary?

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Yuna Park
June 9, 2026 3,348 views 1 answer
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Employees in Korea often hear that parental or childbirth-related benefits are not taxed and then assume every family-support payment from work must live in the same lane. Please explain why the non-taxable treatment is more specific than that, why the legal source of the payment matters, and why family-policy support is being separated from ordinary wage income.

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