REBASE KOREA DESK — Total management for entering and operating in Korea
All-in-one management · opening November 2026

Incorporate in Korea, hand over operations, and settle in for good.

Total management for entering and operating in Korea.
One contract covers it.

Enterprise data projects delivered with a major Korean construction group and Samsung SDS.

ENTERING KOREA FROM

TAIWAN JAPAN GERMANY UNITED STATES FRANCE SINGAPORE NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM ITALY SWEDEN CANADA DENMARK AUSTRALIA FINLAND SWITZERLAND THAILAND AUSTRIA BELGIUM TAIWAN JAPAN GERMANY UNITED STATES FRANCE SINGAPORE NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM ITALY SWEDEN CANADA DENMARK AUSTRALIA FINLAND SWITZERLAND THAILAND AUSTRIA BELGIUM

PROBLEM

The problems start the day the entity exists.

01

Filing deadlines start running the day registration is issued

02

Four social insurances follow from the first payroll month

03

Reliefs you could have taken are already late at first closing

Tax accountant, labor consultant, attorney, patent attorney.
All four were excellent.
All four answered only what we asked.

Starting without knowing what to ask.
That is the real problem.

PROBLEM

HQ sees the branch through one person's eyes.

Contracts, reports and signatures all pass through one country manager.
What HQ receives is a forwarded summary.

  • HQ cannot see the ledger of where cash went
  • Revenue arrives only as a report. There is no way to verify the numbers
  • It surfaces years later, at an audit or a lawsuit

Among the branches we have diagnosed,
unmanaged operations have leaked more than
$214,000a year in some cases.

Embezzlement is not an exceptional accident.
It is the ordinary outcome of having no oversight.

And the heaviest cost falls on
the honest country manager who cannot prove
anything, even when nothing is wrong.

HOW IT WORKS

From entry to settled operations, under one contract.

You do not change vendors between stages.

  • Entry structure & capital advisory
  • FDI filing · registration · business license
  • Bank account opening · registered address
  • Expatriate visa (D-8) · alien registration
  • Bookkeeping · filings · interim closing
  • Payroll · four insurances · employment contracts
  • Visa renewals · capital-use ledger
  • Dashboard always open
  • Certification diagnosis & acquisition
  • Grant sourcing & applications
  • Tax relief & effective-rate design
  • Hiring & org expansion
  • Distribution & channel expansion

WHY REBASE

HQ sees the branch
run in a single view

The party HQ contracts with, directly.

Typical — via the country manager

HQ Country manager 4 outside firms

Contracts, reports and signatures all pass through one person. What HQ receives is a forwarded summary.

HQ CONTRACTS DIRECTLY

REBASE — direct contract with HQ

HQ REBASE Korean branch

Tax, accounting and payroll records reach HQ without passing the country manager. The manager runs the business; HQ sees the same screen.

  • HQ opens original tax filings directly
  • Payroll ledgers are reconciled against actual transfers
  • The capital-use ledger is recorded line by line
  • Every view and download is logged

This is not a convenience service.
It is internal-control infrastructure.

REBASE DASHBOARD

The screen HQ sees.

  • Updated the moment a manager processes it. No reporting lag.
  • Provided in HQ's language alongside the original, to reduce mistranslation.
  • HQ admin permission tiers. Every view and download logged.
  • HQ downloads original tax and payroll documents directly.
  • Three AI alerts — unfiled patents · certification & visa expiry · eligible grants

Currently running as a prototype.
Client accounts are opened after contract.

Home / OVERVIEW Search filings, documents… 5 JP

Korea Operations Dashboard

From incorporation filings to grants — Sophie keeps this current.

Benefits secured

$62,570

2.1× RETURN ON FEE

Effective tax rate

12.4%

▼ 3.1PT VS. STATUTORY

Filings on time

18 / 18

NO PENALTY ACCRUED

Benefits secured · cumulative

‹ 2026.08 ›
03/0103/0703/1303/1903/2503/31

Recent filings

  • Q2 VAT returnFILED
  • Interim corporate taxIN REVIEW
  • July payroll ledgerFILED

Activity log

  • OPENsophie@rebase.ai.kr2 hours ago
  • OPENhq.finance@acme.com5 hours ago
  • OPENTax firm · original upload1 day ago
✦ REBASE INSIGHTS 5 OPEN
  • 2 HQ trademarks not yet filed in KoreaPriority window closes in 41 days ACTION
  • Expatriate visa (D-8) renewal — SophieDue Oct 04 · documents 2 of 5 ready OPEN
  • 3 government grant programs matchedCeiling $41,000 · apply by Sep 12 OPEN
  • FDI tax reduction scheduled at 100%Applied at FY2026 closing OPEN
  • Venture certification in progressStep 3 of 5 · on schedule OPEN
FILING PERIOD DUE STATUS AMOUNT
VAT return 2026 Q2 JUL 25 FILED $12,480
Withholding tax 2026 JUN JUL 10 FILED $3,120
Interim corporate tax 2026 H1 AUG 31 IN REVIEW $18,900
Local income tax 2026 JUL AUG 10 FILED $312
FDI tax reduction (100%) FY2026 MAR 31 27 SCHEDULED −$41,000
EMPLOYEE ROLE GROSS 4 INSURANCES NET
J. Park Country Manager $7,140 $672 $5,910
S. Kang Sales Lead (D-8) $5,350 $504 $4,480
H. Lim Operations $3,570 $336 $3,020
M. Cho Marketing $3,210 $302 $2,730
Y. Seo Assistant (part-time) $1,430 $134 $1,240
HOLDER TYPE ISSUED EXPIRES D-DAY
S. Kang D-8 OCT 2024 OCT 04 26 D-45
R. Tanaka D-8 MAR 2026 MAR 12 28 D-570
L. Chen D-7 JUN 2026 JUN 30 27 D-315
A. Müller C-4 (short) AUG 2026 NOV 08 26 D-80
PROGRAM AGENCY WINDOW FIT CEILING
Foreign investment cash grant MOTIE SEP 12 HIGH $28,000
Global brand voucher KOTRA SEP 30 HIGH $9,000
R&D matching (SME) KEIT OCT 15 MEDIUM $21,400
Employment increase tax credit NTS FY CLOSE APPLIED $4,300
DOCUMENT TYPE UPLOADED SOURCE
2026_Q2_VAT_return.pdf Tax filing JUL 25 Tax firm (original) OPEN
2026_07_payroll_ledger.xlsx Payroll AUG 05 Labor firm (original) OPEN
capital_use_ledger.xlsx Capital AUG 12 REBASE OPEN
D8_renewal_application.pdf Visa AUG 18 Admin agent DRAFT
FDI_registration_cert.pdf Incorporation MAR 02 MOTIE OPEN

EVERY VIEW / DOWNLOAD IS LOGGED · PROTOTYPE DATA

✦ AI ALERT FINDER

We found 2 HQ trademarks unfiled in Korea.

  • ACME · word mark
  • ACME LAB · device mark

✦ FILING BRIEF · EN

Subject

[Action needed] Korea trademark filing — 2 marks

Body

Two HQ marks are not yet filed in Korea. Filing before the priority window closes keeps first-to-file protection. Draft applications are ready for HQ signature.

SEND TO HQ

Use the left menu to move between screens. Prototype data; client accounts are opened after contract.

FIRST-YEAR ROADMAP

The real work starts after the entity exists.

We surface the certifications that unlock Korean government benefits, and the grant and support programs your entity qualifies for — then sequence them across the first year, because which reliefs apply depends on the order they are obtained.

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Incorporation FDI filing & registration 2 wks License · account · address 4 wks
Investor
visa
Expatriate visa (D-8) · alien registration 4–6 wks Stay & renewal D-day tracking Continuous (D-90 expiry alert)
Tax
Labor
Bookkeeping & VAT filing Continuous (VAT in Jan & Jul) Payroll · four insurances · employment contracts Monthly (enrollment filed on hire) Interim closing & corporate tax relief 100% relief
Consulting Innovation-sector setup & business plan 5 wks R&D center · SW copyright 2 mo Venture certification 3–4 mo Patent · ISO Patent 7 mo · ISO 1 mo Mainbiz · Innobiz Apply anytime once eligible
Funding Working & facility capital 1st 2nd 3rd 4th round · facility capital anytime Grants & vouchers H1 grants H2 additions · vouchers anytime
Hiring
Marketing
Headhunting & candidate vetting Core hires Tied to hiring tax credit · ongoing coordination Marketing & distribution Channel & ad setup Distribution matching · sector briefings

Durations are standard-schedule estimates. They shift with sector, capital and headcount.

Sophie KOREA OPERATIONS MANAGER

YOUR MANAGER

The person who sees the same screen as HQ.

One person tracks everything from incorporation filings to tax, payroll and visa deadlines.
Reports in HQ's language, with original documents uploaded as they are.

  • Setup & filing schedule
  • Tax · payroll · visa deadlines
  • Certification & grant diagnosis
  • Monthly report in English

OFFICE

We work in Yeouido, Seoul.

20F, 83 Uisadang-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Meetings are held in our meeting room when you visit.

Meeting room
Lounge

LIVE · WORLDWIDE

illustrative

Who is reading this right now.

Foreign HQs open this page from a dozen time zones. The panel below reflects live traffic and enquiries.

143

reading right now

12

enquiries today

REGION MIX

18 countries this week

  • Asia 46%
  • Europe 23%
  • North America 18%
  • Other 13%
INCOMING
  • JP Osaka · consumer goods — waitlist request just now
  • TW Taipei · cosmetics — buyer matching enquiry 1m ago
  • DE Munich · industrial parts — incorporation enquiry 2m ago
  • SG Singapore · food & beverage — waitlist request 3m ago
  • US Portland · outdoor gear — buyer matching enquiry 4m ago

Counts are illustrative in this prototype. The live panel is wired to the same pipeline that logs real enquiries.

COMING NOVEMBER 2026

All-in-one management
opens in November.

From incorporation to tax, labor, visa, certification, relief and hiring
handled under one contract.

For now we are only taking waitlist reservations.

  • Priority allocation at launch
  • Priority pre-launch diagnosis
  • Launch terms and pricing shared individually with waitlist members

RESERVED

You are on the waitlist.
We will reply within 24 hours.

FAQ

Before you join the waitlist.

Can we join if we already have a Korean entity?

Yes. In that case we start by recovering missed reliefs.

Our HQ does not speak Korean.

The dashboard and reports go out in HQ's language.

When does all-in-one management start?

Opening November 2026.
We are taking waitlist reservations now and will contact members in order at launch.

Does joining the waitlist cost anything?

No. It only puts you first in line for launch details.

Opening November — the waitlist is open.

All-in-one management Opening November 2026

From entry to operations, under one contract

Join the waitlist →