Property Tax Calculator (재산세)

Enter your home's government-assessed standard value and fair market value ratio to estimate the taxable base, the calculated property tax, the local education tax, and the total tax due including the urban area tax.

Enter the assessed value to calculate the property tax.

About Korean property tax

Property tax (재산세) is a local tax every homeowner in Korea pays annually based on their home's officially assessed value, separate from and much more broadly applicable than the comprehensive real estate tax that only affects higher-value holdings. This tool estimates your annual property tax, including any applicable urban area surcharge and local education tax, plus how the total splits across the standard payment schedule.

How the tax is calculated

Taxable base is your home's assessed value × the fair market value ratio (currently 60%, adjustable in the calculator since it's periodically set by government policy). The standard progressive rate table (0.1% to 0.4% across brackets) applies to that base, or a reduced special rate (0.05% to 0.35%) applies instead if you qualify as a single-home owner with an assessed value of 900 million KRW or under. If you include the urban area surcharge, an additional 0.14% of the taxable base is added, and local education tax (20% of the calculated property tax) is added on top — the total is then noted as either a single July payment or split across July and September installments depending on the amount.

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between property tax and comprehensive real estate tax?
Property tax applies to essentially every homeowner in Korea regardless of value, calculated and collected by local governments, while comprehensive real estate tax is a separate national-level tax that only kicks in for homeowners whose combined property value exceeds a much higher threshold — most homeowners pay only property tax and never encounter the comprehensive tax.
Why does a qualifying single-home owner get a reduced rate?
The special reduced rate for single-home owners with an assessed value at or under 900 million KRW is a policy measure intended to ease the tax burden on typical homeowners in their primary residence, as opposed to the standard rate that applies more broadly to all other property situations.
Why is the payment sometimes split between July and September?
Korea's standard property tax billing splits the annual amount into two installments when the total exceeds a set threshold (200,000 KRW), spreading the payment burden across the year rather than requiring one lump sum — below that threshold, the full amount is instead billed as a single July payment.