The South Korean government finalized amendments to the Comprehensive Real Estate Tax Law and 10 other tax laws at a State Council meeting on 2026-04-01, reversing the original reform plan announced on 2026-03-04. ^[1] The South Korean government decided at the State Council meeting on 2026-01-01 to raise the basic deduction for non-resident joint owners of one property from 400 million won per person to 600 million won per person. ^[2] A simulation by Woo Byung-tak, a specialist at Shinhan Premier Pathfinder, estimated that the next year's holding tax for a 120 square meter apartment in Seoul's Gangnam District with a 2026 assessed price of 3.128 billion won would be 21.39 million won under the revised plan, a reduction of 6.25 million won from the original 27.64 million won. ^[3] The cap on the comprehensive real estate tax burden was reverted to 150% of the previous year's holding tax, down from the originally proposed 200%. ^[4] The government maintained the basic deduction for non-resident single-family homeowners at 1.2 billion won, reversing the original plan to lower it to 900 million won. ^[5] A simulation by Woo Byung-tak, a senior analyst at Shinhan Premier Pathfinder, estimated that the 2026 property tax burden for a non-resident couple jointly owning an 84 square meter apartment in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, would be approximately 16.84 million won. ^[6] Under the revised plan, the combined deduction for a non-resident couple jointly owning a property will increase from 800 million won to 1.2 billion won. ^[7]