After the AI cheating case in South Korea's tax accountant exam, the tax accountants association will tighten training and exam supervision

The top scorer in South Korea's 63rd tax accountant exam admitted to cheating by using an ultra-micro camera to photograph exam questions and send them to AI and checking the answers on a smartphone, and has turned himself in to police and submitted a written statement. The cheating involved the first and second rounds of the tax accountant exam and the first round of the certified public accountant exam, and police have transferred the case to the public crime investigation team under the major crime investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Kim Seon-myeong, vice president of the Korean Association of Certified Tax Accountants, said on the 15th that it will demand a comprehensive review of exam administration, find out why cheating with AI and ultra-micro electronic devices went undetected in both rounds, and urge relevant institutions to check whether other national qualification exams have similar risks. The association will also tighten the internship training of those who pass the tax accountant exam, plans to apply measures such as suspending training to interns who fail to meet standards in accordance with regulations, and will strengthen venue controls, invigilator training and electronic device restrictions for the nationwide computerized tax accounting qualification exam that the association directly administers. The tax accountant qualification exam is a national qualification exam under the Certified Tax Accountant Act, operated and managed by HRD Korea on behalf of the government.