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Monthly rent tax credit: annual rent ceiling

₩10,000,000 of annual rentKRW of annual rent eligible for the credit

Recorded apart from the rate because the two move independently and because the cap is what makes the credit shrink in relative terms as rent rises. Above roughly ₩833,000 a month the credit stops growing, so for an expensive lease it becomes a fixed amount rather than a percentage — which changes how it behaves in a multi-year model.

Applies to
Employees claiming the monthly rent tax credit
Review cadence
Checked once a year

What we have recorded

  1. 2026-10-11
    ₩10,000,000 of annual rent

    Rent above the ceiling attracts no further credit. At the 17% rate the maximum credit is therefore ₩1,700,000 a year and at 15% it is ₩1,500,000 — worth entering as a capped amount in any cost model rather than as a percentage of whatever rent is actually paid.

    National Tax Service — monthly rent tax credit for employees

One reading so far. This becomes a history the first time the figure moves while we are watching — which is the part that cannot be reconstructed later.

Guides that depend on this figure

When this figure moves, every guide above needs the same edit. That is why it is tracked here rather than copied into each one.