If you run a corporate services or accounting practice outside Korea and your clients are setting up or already operating here, this page explains how we work with firms like yours: who talks to whom, what you receive, how pricing is set, and what Korean law does not allow.
Firms that look for a Korean partner tend to tell us the same three things about their current arrangement: the price keeps changing, every new entity starts a new negotiation, and communication in English is slow or second-hand. We have organised the way we work with partners around those three points.
| Question | How we handle it |
|---|---|
| Who we correspond with | Agreed per client at the outset: you, your client, or your client with you copied. We follow the arrangement you set. |
| Language | English throughout — emails, calls, reports. Korean tax authority notices are translated and summarised. |
| Response time | Within one business day, in English. |
| What you see | The shared compliance calendar for each entity, and the reporting package in your group’s format. |
| Location | We serve clients across Korea — Seoul, Gyeonggi and every other region. Every meeting can be held in person; video meetings are available whenever more convenient. |
| Who does the work | Led directly by a Korean CPA who is also a licensed tax accountant, so audit-related questions, tax filings and tax authority correspondence do not get passed between firms. |
Pricing is agreed per entity and itemised by service before work begins. For a group, the schedule you agree for the first entities is the schedule that later entities join — a new entity is an addition, not a new negotiation. One-off work such as incorporation support or a handover from another provider is quoted as a fixed amount in advance.
The aim is simple: you should be able to tell your client what Korea will cost before they commit, and that number should hold.
Keeping the books and auditing the same company. Korean independence rules prevent an auditor from also preparing the company’s accounts. Where an entity needs a statutory audit, we agree per entity whether we keep the books and coordinate with an independent auditor, or act as auditor while the entity keeps its own books.
We set this out up front because it shapes how a partnership can be structured, and it is better to know it before a proposal than after.
The useful first conversation is short: how many of your clients have, or are about to have, a Korean entity; what each one does in Korea; and who currently handles them. From that we can propose a per-entity schedule and a communication arrangement, usually within two business days of receiving the details.
Basis. The audit position reflects the Certified Public Accountant Act (Article 21, restrictions on audit engagements). General information as at October 2026, not advice on a specific situation.
Yes, if that is how you prefer to work. We agree at the outset who we correspond with: you, your client, or both with you copied. All correspondence and reporting is in English. Korean tax authority notices are translated and summarised so that you can brief your client in your own words.
Each entity has a fixed monthly fee agreed in writing, itemised by service, before work begins. For a group, entities added later can join on the same schedule rather than being re-quoted from scratch. One-off work such as incorporation support or a provider handover is quoted as a separate fixed amount in advance, so neither you nor your client meets an unexpected charge.
Yes, but not for an entity whose books we keep. Korean independence rules prohibit an auditor from also preparing the company’s accounts (Certified Public Accountant Act, Article 21). For each entity we therefore agree one of two roles: we keep the books and handle tax, and coordinate with an independent auditor; or the entity keeps its own books and we act as auditor.
No. We serve clients across Korea — Seoul, Gyeonggi and every other region — and every meeting can be held in person, wherever the client is. Video meetings and electronic document exchange are available whenever they are more convenient for you or your client.
The guide partner firms most often forward to clients deciding how to enter Korea.
Read the guideThe two filings that fall due immediately, the monthly and quarterly cycle, and the deadlines entrants most often miss.
Read the guideTell us how many entities, what they do in Korea, and who handles them today. We will come back with a per-entity schedule and a proposed way of working.