HCG Proposes a Solution for HR Risk Management During Year-End Tax Settlement Season

AI × HR tech leader Human Consulting Group (HCG, CEO Park Jae-hyun) emphasizes the importance of HR risk management during the year-end tax settlement season and proposes response standards from an HR-system perspective. As annual revisions to tax laws and deduction criteria continue to raise the complexity of year-end settlement, a growing consensus holds that HR risk is determined by system-level readiness rather than individual proficiency.

 

Every January and February is one of the most high-pressure periods for HR teams. Year-end tax settlement is no longer treated as a simple administrative task but as a high-risk activity that must precisely reflect tax laws and deduction criteria. The 2025 tax-year settlement also introduced multiple revisions concurrently, including expanded child tax credits, a new marriage tax credit, adjustments to the scope and caps of the monthly-rent tax credit, and a higher deduction limit for comprehensive housing subscription savings.

 

In an environment where policy changes keep accumulating, a single small error can cascade into settlement mistakes or employee complaints—potentially damaging organization-wide trust. The burden is especially pronounced at small and mid-sized companies with limited HR staff.

 

 

Against this backdrop, the industry is increasingly attributing year-end tax settlement risk to system readiness and response structure, rather than individual skill. Manual calculations and Excel-centric management cannot reliably keep pace with yearly tax-law revisions.

 

Only a structure that automatically reflects tax-law changes and manages payroll, bonus, and year-end tax settlement data under a single standard can minimize the potential for errors.

 

HCG addresses these needs through its HR platform JaDE. JaDE proactively reflects tax-law and policy changes through regular patches, and manages payroll and year-end tax settlement data under a unified standard to reduce inconsistencies that may arise during settlement.

 

The platform also focuses on the specific items and processes actually required in year-end tax settlement, reducing HR-system overhead and enabling faster task execution. During settlement season, HCG operates a dedicated customer-support framework that quickly addresses interpretation questions and system inquiries, minimizing the likelihood of operational interruptions.

 

Hur Wook, Executive Vice President of Human Consulting Group, said, "Year-end tax settlement is an area where relying solely on the experience or individual skill of the person in charge creates significant risk. In an environment of repeated policy change, how prepared the system is will ultimately determine both HR-team burden and organizational risk."......(hereafter omitted.)