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🧐 연금저축 600만원 넘게 넣으면 뭐가 좋나요? 왜 1,800만원이나 되는 한도가 있나요? | ver.2026

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Finance

Finance-Focused Summary (Korean Retirement Accounts & Tax Strategy)

The presenter explains how South Korea’s retirement tax-advantaged accounts—especially pension savings (연금저축) and IRP—share an annual contribution limit. The key idea is that even if you contribute above the tax credit (deduction) limit, the “green principal” (non-tax-deducted portion) can still be valuable.

While tax credits cap at a smaller amount, contributing more may improve long-term outcomes through:

  • Tax deferral
  • Flexibility for early withdrawals and timing pension receipt

Accounts / Instruments Mentioned

  • Pension savings (연금저축)

    • Shares the combined contribution limit with IRP.
    • Has favorable early-withdrawal rules for the non-tax-deducted (“green”) portion.

  • IRP

    • Shares the overall contribution cap.
    • Does not receive the same no-penalty early withdrawal treatment for amounts above the tax-deduction cap.

  • ISA (ISA 계좌/ISA 펀드)

    • Mentioned as something that can later be converted into a pension product, helping create a large green (non-deducted) portion.

Platforms / Institutions (examples)

  • Korea Investment & Securities
  • Woori Bank
  • Mirae Asset Securities
  • KB Securities
  • Integrated Pension Portal (연금정보포털)

Tickers / ETFs / other securities

  • None explicitly mentioned.

Key Numbers and Thresholds (Explicit)

Contribution limits

  • Annual combined contribution limit (pension savings + IRP): ₩18,000,000

Tax deduction limits within that combined cap

  • Pension savings (연금저축): ₩6,000,000

  • IRP: ₩9,000,000

  • Tax deduction total mentioned: up to ₩9,000,000 (including ₩6,000,000 pension savings + ₩3,000,000 IRP)

Personal pension-related limit (as explained)

  • ₩188,000,000 per year

Early withdrawal advantage (pension savings “green” excess)

The presenter’s example focuses on pension savings excess that is not tax-deducted:

  • Save ₩7,000,000 per year → generates ~₩1,000,000 “green” per year
  • After ~10 years → can withdraw ~₩10,000,000 without penalty (example)

Note: This advantage is presented as applying to pension savings, specifically.

Pension income tax / rates

  • Pension income tax rate range: ~3.3% to 5.5%

Cancellation (“claw-back”) taxation (upon cancellation)

Framed as benefit “claw-back”:

  • IRP: 16.5%
  • Pension savings: 13.2%

The presenter argues the green portion is not taxed on cancellation because no tax benefit was received on that portion.

Retirement income threshold affecting tax regime

  • ₩15,000,000 per year (described as an assessed pension limit intended to help avoid more punitive comprehensive income tax)

  • Comprehensive income tax brackets up to 49.5% were mentioned as the upper range.

Pension withdrawal coordination and aggregate limit

  • Presenter mentions coordinating multiple pensions
  • Aggregate pension limit: ₩40,000,000 (as referenced)

Methodology / Framework (Step-by-Step Logic)

1) Treat limits like “baskets”

  • “Limit” means maximum capacity.
  • You don’t need to fully use it to get value.

2) Split the ₩18,000,000 combined cap across accounts if desired

  • Example approach: allocate pension savings and IRP across institutions so total contributions equal ₩18,000,000.

3) Optimize tax deductions (but don’t treat it as the only goal)

  • If maximizing tax credit is the priority: contribute enough to reach each account’s deduction portion.
  • If near retirement: the presenter suggests a simplified approach (e.g., one account with full deduction eligibility).

4) Check and manage available contribution limits

Operational method described:

  • Use Integrated Pension Portal → “Check My Pension”
    • to see contributions and which institutions hold your pension savings/IRP
  • Then adjust/lower the pension limit using the provider app/website or by calling the provider
    • to free up capacity for opening new products

5) If contributing beyond the tax credit limit, focus on the “green principal”

Excess above the deduction cap becomes non-tax-deducted principal (“green portion”), which can be used for:

  • No-penalty early withdrawals (pension savings only)
  • More favorable treatment upon eventual pension receipt (green portion first)
  • Helping avoid the ₩15,000,000/year assessment issue by structuring withdrawals across multiple pension sources

Key Recommendations / Cautions (Explicit)

No-penalty early withdrawal

  • Applies to pension savings excess that was not tax-deducted (“green”).
  • IRP does not support this same no-penalty treatment for excess.

Cancellation warning (“claw-back”)

  • Pension savings cancellation: ~13.2%
  • IRP cancellation: ~16.5%
  • However, the presenter argues that the green portion is not taxed on cancellation.

Pension receipt planning

The presenter emphasizes building a large green principal to:

  • Make it easier to avoid triggering the ₩15,000,000/year tax regime issue
  • Enable flexible timing of pension payments across multiple accounts

Long-term assumption

  • Benefits depend heavily on pension accounts being ultra-long-term investments
  • The presenter highlights expectations of long-term market upward trends (macro/return assumption)

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the provided subtitles.

Presenter / Sources

  • Presenter: Park Geum (박금)
  • Mentions:
    • Gomin School (고민스쿨)
    • “Gonggommi members” (audience)
  • No specific third-party source is cited beyond these references.

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