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Busan Metropolitan City Audit Committee Announces Results of Special Audit on Metropolitan Transportation Facility Charges: Fiscal Measures of KRW 2 Billion Implemented

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Busan Metropolitan City Audit Committee (Chairperson Yoon Hee-yeon) announced today (18th) the results of the “Special Audit on Metropolitan Transportation Facility Charges.”

This special audit was conducted on development projects carried out within the city since November 2020 to examine the status of imposition, collection, and management of metropolitan transportation facility charges.

Metropolitan transportation facility charges are levied under the “Special Act on Metropolitan Transportation Management in Large Urban Areas” to respond to increased transportation demand arising from large-scale development projects such as housing construction, and are used as a key financial resource for expanding Busan Metropolitan City’s transportation infrastructure.

The audit identified a total of 20 issues and required fiscal measures amounting to approximately KRW 2 billion.

In some projects, charges were not imposed within the statutory deadline, or changes in project plans were not reflected in a timely manner, resulting in delays in settlement.

There were also cases where charges were under- or over-imposed due to errors in applying rates by exclusive floor area and in calculating excluded areas during the charge calculation process.

Accordingly, KRW 1.67 billion that had been under-imposed will be additionally collected, and KRW 390 million that had been over-imposed will be refunded.

The Audit Committee urged caution regarding cases where approval authorities such as district and county governments failed to notify the city of project approvals and changes in a timely manner, leading to non-imposition or delayed imposition of charges.

Since metropolitan transportation facility charges are billed based on project approval information, the omission or delay of such notifications can undermine the appropriateness of charge imposition and revenue management.

Therefore, the Committee required improvements to review notification procedures for project approvals and changes, and to clearly stipulate notification deadlines in relevant ordinances.

In addition, it requested the refinement of related guidelines, including standards for applying standard construction costs, to ensure consistent application of charge calculation criteria in practice.

Based on the audit results, the Audit Committee required a total of 20 administrative actions (correction, caution, improvement, notification), including ▲rectification of improper imposition practices ▲reorganization of the project approval notification system ▲improvement of the operational system for imposition and calculation standards.

In particular, it called for the reorganization of relevant work manuals and management systems to prevent recurrence of cases where imposition deadlines are missed or calculation standards are incorrectly applied.

It also required strengthening internal inspection systems for the calculation and imposition processes to prevent administrative errors and enhance transparency in revenue management.

Meanwhile, detailed audit results can be found on the Busan Metropolitan City website under “Audit Results” (www.busan.go.kr/gbinspec02).

Yoon Hee-yeon, Chairperson of the Audit Committee, stated, “Metropolitan transportation facility charges are a system that ensures development project operators fairly share responsibility for increased demand on transportation infrastructure,” adding, “Through this audit, we have identified blind spots in management and presented directions for institutional improvement so that calculation standards can be applied consistently in practice.”