Work from home side jobs in Korea, a dated schedule from the day you apply to the next tax filing for the contract type, equipment and internet costs, and what is taken out of your pay

2026-11-08

What to check on each date

Contract day: see whether the paper is an employment contract or an outsourcing contract, by its name and by its content
First month of work: see whether the contract says who pays for the laptop, internet and supplies
First payment and the next May: check that 3.3% was taken out, then file it with other income in May

Videos and posts on work from home side jobs usually end at which job to pick. Once the work reaches home, there is something to settle on each date after that. Below is the order from the day you apply to the following May, based on Korean law.

1.The day you apply: write down how the work is done

When a reply comes, note how the work is done before what the work is. This note is what you read the contract against in step 2.

Hours: whether they tell you to stay online from a set time to a set time
Instructions: whether you keep getting edits and checks over a messenger while working
Tools: whether the company sends the laptop, software or materials, or you use your own
Substitutes: whether family or someone else may do the work for you

2.Contract day: employment contract or outsourcing contract

▲ The same work at home changes equipment costs, tax withheld and May filing depending on the kind of paper.

Papers for home-based work come in two broad kinds. An employment contract, where the company hires you, and an outsourcing (freelance) contract, where you take on a job and are paid for the result.

Under an employment contract the company must give you a written statement of how pay is made up, calculated and paid, the scheduled working hours, holidays and paid annual leave. An electronic document counts (Labor Standards Act Art. 17).

If it is an employment contract and the company does not hand over this statement, it faces a fine of up to 5 million won.(Art. 114)

If the written terms differ from reality, the worker can claim damages or end the contract at once (Art. 19). So keep the file you received on contract day.

Under an outsourcing contract these Labor Standards Act articles do not apply directly. Instead 3.3% is withheld from each payment, and social insurance and annual leave exist only if the contract says so.

The confusing case is when the name on the paper does not match reality. Korea's Supreme Court judges worker status by substance, not by the contract's title. It weighs whether the company sets the hours and place and the person is bound by them, who supplies the equipment and tools, and whether the work can be handed to someone else (Supreme Court, December 7, 2006, 2004Da29736).

Even with a freelance contract, if the note from step 1 looks like an office employee's day, there is room to be treated as a worker. The answer depends on the facts, so asking the Ministry of Employment and Labor counseling center (1350) with the note in hand is quicker.

If instead you set your own hours and methods and only hand over the result, outsourcing fits. Then get the rate, the number of revisions and the payment date written into the contract as numbers.

3.First month of work: equipment and internet

Working at home brings its own costs. A laptop, internet, phone bills, printer ink.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor telework manual says that communication costs and consumable supplies arising from telework are, in principle, paid by the employer. What workers already paid when working at the office can stay with the worker, and anything beyond that is the employer's share (Korea.kr, June 1, 2020).

This principle is about employees, so under outsourcing you usually pay for your own equipment and internet. Take that cost out before accepting a rate.

4.The day the first payment lands: was 3.3% taken out

From pay under an outsourcing contract, 3% income tax and 0.3% local income tax, 3.3% in total, are taken out first (National Tax Service).

For a 300,000 won job, 9,900 won is withheld and 290,100 won arrives. The 300,000 won is assumed. If the deposit differs from the contract amount, ask for the withholding receipt or payment record now, which makes May easier to reconcile.

▲ From the day you apply to the next May filing, what to check on each date in one line.

5.The next May: file it all together

The 3.3% is tax paid in advance, and between May 1 and 31 of the next year you file it with your other income and pay more or get some back (Income Tax Act Art. 70).

The National Tax Service says that if you do not file on time, a refund owed to you is not paid either.

If the home job was an employment contract, together with your main job you have wage income from two or more places, and May filing applies then too (Art. 73). Tax differences by income type are laid out separately in our side job comparison for office workers.

▲ Keeping the contract file and payment records in one folder saves a search when May filing comes.

Papers for home-based work split into employment and outsourcing contracts, and worker status is judged by how the work is actually done, not the paper's name
For employees, telework communication costs and consumables are in principle the employer's, while under outsourcing you usually pay them yourself
3.3% is taken out of outsourcing pay, and only filing by the May deadline the next year gets back any refund

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