- Extended discount from 30% to 50%, effective from October 5th
Starting October 5, the Game Management Committee (now called the Game Committee, Chairman Kim Gyu-cheol) will expand the classification fee reduction benefit to 50% to support individual and small and medium-sized game developers.
Those eligible for the fee reduction are small and medium-sized game developers and individual game developers with less than 50 full-time employees and less than 5 billion won in total sales. However, game products containing speculative simulations and prize games for game providers are excluded from the exemption. It can be applied when applying for online classification from October 5th.
If an individual game developer signs up as an ‘individual member’ on the Game Commission website, the fee will be charged at the application stage.
A 50% discount is automatically applied. In the case of small and medium-sized game developers, through ‘Application for Small and Medium Business Exemption.’
You can receive a fee reduction for one year after confirming eligibility by submitting one copy of the regular employment verification document and the sales volume verification document.
Since setting the classification fee in 2009, the Game Commission has imposed a fee for small and medium-sized game developers.
A 30% refund system has been implemented. In the case of small and medium-sized game developers, there was the inconvenience of applying for a separate refund after the classification decision, but if they are confirmed to be eligible for a small business discount from August 2023,
We improved convenience by improving the system to reduce fees at the classification application stage automatically.
Meanwhile, Game Commission Chairman Kim Gyu-cheol said, “We expect that the fee burden on individual game developers and small and medium-sized game developers will be further reduced through this expansion and reduction of classification fees.”
“I hope it will help you create more freely,” he said.
