Korean slang profile
토초세
tochose
Former tax on excess land gains
An abbreviation for 토지초과이득세, a tax formerly levied on certain gains from rising land prices.
- Expanded form
- 토지초과이득세토지초과이득세 (tax on excess land gains)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
옛 신문에는 토초세를 둘러싼 논쟁이 실려 있다.
Old newspapers carry debates over 토초세.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 gives this abbreviation and a corresponding definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 278. It is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time, not a claim of first use or popularity that year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026