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Korea Tax Accountant study plan

Korea Tax Accountant · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 8 hours per week

Week 1

Tax Law I: National Tax Basic Act and Income Tax

  • Map the National Tax Basic Act structure and write a one-page outline covering tax liability establishment, assessment methods, and statute of limitations periods

  • Solve 40 calculation problems on global taxation versus schedular taxation and year-end settlement mechanics, logging each error with the governing article

  • Build a personal formula sheet for income deductions, tax credits, and progressive rate brackets from memory, then verify against the statute text

  • Drill 30 multiple-choice items on taxpayer status, withholding obligations, and amended return procedures under the Basic Act

Your checkpoint

A 15-page handwritten condensation notebook for Domain 1 with an error log of at least 60 solved items and a verified formula sheet

Week 2

Tax Law I: National Tax Basic Act and Income Tax

  • Classify all types of business income and compute necessary expenses and loss carryforward limits in 25 practice sets

  • Compute capital gains for land, buildings, and shares including holding period rules and heavy surtax rates in 20 problems

  • Reconcile comprehensive income aggregation with separate taxation items and itemize the deduction ordering sequence

  • Time yourself on a 40-question mock section and review every wrong answer to root cause

Your checkpoint

A completed 40-question timed Domain 1 mock with a written root-cause analysis for each missed item and a corrected score log

Week 3

Tax Law II: Corporate Tax, Value Added Tax, and Other National Taxes

  • Derive corporate taxable income from book income by walking through inclusion, exclusion, and non-deductible adjustment items in 20 reconciliation drills

  • Apply depreciation methods, useful life tables, and the reserve and provision rules to compute deductible amounts

  • Compute the two-tier corporate tax rate, minimum tax floor, and tax credits including foreign tax credit limits

  • Distinguish permanent and temporary differences and compute deferred tax under the asset-liability method

Your checkpoint

Three fully worked corporate tax return reconciliations from book income to tax payable, each with a line-by-line adjustment schedule

Week 4

Tax Law II: Corporate Tax, Value Added Tax, and Other National Taxes

  • Compute value added tax payable across taxable, zero-rated, and exempt supplies including input tax credit allocation for common inputs

  • Handle timing rules for issuance of tax invoices, credit notes, and the simplified taxation and special regimes

  • Calculate individual consumption tax, securities transaction tax, and inheritance and gift tax bases in 20 short problems

  • Complete a full VAT return draft for a sample business with mixed supplies

Your checkpoint

A completed VAT return draft for a mixed-supply business plus a one-page summary table of other national tax rates and bases

Week 5

Accounting: Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting

  • Work through 40 financial accounting problems on revenue recognition, inventory valuation, and asset impairment under Korean accounting standards

  • Prepare a statement of cash flows from a trial balance and reconcile net income to operating cash flow

  • Compute cost of goods manufactured, overhead allocation, and variance analysis for materials and labor in 15 problems

  • Explain the linkage between financial statements and tax adjustments for at least ten common items

Your checkpoint

A complete set of financial statements with cash flow statement and a cost accounting problem set with variance report, both self-graded with corrections

Week 6

Tax Law III: Local Taxes and International Taxation & Tax Accounting Practice (Bookkeeping and Tax Return Preparation)

  • Map the local tax framework including acquisition tax, registration tax, property tax, and resident tax and compute each in 20 problems

  • Apply treaty provisions on residence, permanent establishment, and withholding rate limits to 15 cross-border scenarios

  • Compute foreign tax credit limits and reconcile them against corporate and individual returns

  • Post 30 journal entries covering sales, purchases, payroll, and year-end closing adjustments and prepare a trial balance

Your checkpoint

A local tax and international tax problem portfolio with 35 solved scenarios plus a journal entry workbook closed to a balanced trial balance

Week 7

Economics & Business Administration and Commercial Law

  • Solve 30 microeconomics items on elasticity, market structures, and factor pricing with worked derivations

  • Solve 30 macroeconomics items on national income accounts, monetary policy, and exchange rate determination

  • Summarize commercial law rules on corporations, commercial transactions, and negotiable instruments into a comparative table

  • Review business administration concepts on organizational structure, finance, and management accounting interfaces with tax

Your checkpoint

Two self-made 25-question quizzes for Economics and Business Administration with answer rationales, scored at 80 percent or higher

Week 8

Tax Law I: National Tax Basic Act and Income Tax & Tax Law II: Corporate Tax, Value Added Tax, and Other National Taxes & Tax Law III: Local Taxes and International Taxation & Accounting: Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting & Economics & Business Administration and Commercial Law & Tax Accounting Practice (Bookkeeping and Tax Return Preparation)

  • Take three full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record section-level scores

  • Rework every missed item from all mocks into a final error log and convert recurring errors into flashcards

  • Rehearse the highest-yield formulas and rates for each domain in a single condensed review sheet

  • Simulate the tax accounting practice section within its time limit and verify arithmetic accuracy

Your checkpoint

A final score trajectory chart across three mocks plus a one-page master formula and rate sheet and a prioritized last-72-hour review list

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the Domain 1 timed mock at 70 percent or above and show the error log with root causes for every miss

Week 4: Produce three book-to-tax reconciliations and one VAT return draft with no arithmetic errors on self-review

Week 6: Score 75 percent or above on a combined local tax and international tax problem set and close the journal entry workbook to a balanced trial balance

Week 8: Achieve 75 percent or above on the final full-length mock with no domain below 60 percent