Double-Entry vs Simplified Ledger Checker
Enter your prior-year revenue and business type to see whether you must keep double-entry books, and how much you lose by not keeping proper books.
🧾 Your business details
1억원
Enter last year's total revenue in KRW
If unsure, check your business type/item on Hometax or the NTS expense-rate code.
300만원
Used for penalty/credit calculation. Leave blank if unknown.
100 if you only have business income; lower it if you also have wage/interest income.
📊 Result
📗 Result
Simplified-ledger taxpayer
You may file with the simplified ledger; filing with double-entry books earns a tax credit.
Prior-year revenue is below the group threshold (1억 5,000만원), so you are a simplified-ledger taxpayer.
Applied threshold
1억 5,000만원
Your prior-year revenue
1억원
Room to threshold: 5,000만원
Estimated no-book penalty (estimated filing)
−600,000원
산출세액 × 100% × 20%
Bookkeeping tax credit if you file double-entry
+600,000원
20% of calculated tax, capped at KRW 1M/year
What you lose without proper books
−1,200,000원
Missed bookkeeping credit + no-book penalty incurred
✅ Next-action checklist
- ›Compare simplified vs double-entry filing (bookkeeping credit up to KRW 1M)
- ›Check extra savings from double-entry (loss carryforward, depreciation, etc.)
- ›If filing on estimate, separately check your standard/simplified expense-rate status
- ›Re-confirm your bookkeeping obligation and expense rate on Hometax's filing-help service
Basis & sources
- 📘 Double-entry/simplified: Income Tax Act Art. 160 & 160-5, Enforcement Decree Art. 208
- ⚠️ No-book penalty: Income Tax Act Art. 81-5 (calculated tax × unbooked/total income × 20%)
- 🎁 Bookkeeping credit: Income Tax Act Art. 56-2 (20% of calculated tax, KRW 1M/year cap)
- 🪶 Small-business exemption: new / prior revenue under KRW 48M / only year-end-settled income
- 🏛️ NTS simplified-ledger guide & income tax filing guide (2026 filing basis)
※ This result is for reference only and is not tax advice. Confirm obligation, penalties, and credits with the NTS or a tax accountant.
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