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2023-03-02
Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr. Paul Chan Mo-po delivered the 2023/24 budget speech on 22 February 2023. It does not mention any waiver of business registration fee this year. Therefore the total fee for application or renewal of one-year business registration certificate shall be resume back to HKD2,150. There are two types of business registration certificate, namely 1-year certificate and 3-year certificate. The amount payable under a certificate depends on the commencement date of the registration certificate. For local companies falling within the one-stop company incorporation service, the amount payable for the first registration certificate depends on the date of making the related incorporation submission to the Companies Registry and the commencement date of the registration certificate is the date of incorporation. For renewal of certificates, the amount payable is determined by reference to the commencement date of the relevant renewal certificate. For a […]
2023-03-02
For encouraging exports, the export of physical products or services are applicable to zero tax rate of business tax in Taiwan. That is, the income earned from sales of exports is not only applied to zero tax rate but also refunded the input tax in full. The business tax can be exempted from imposition for encouragement of earning foreign currencies. However, for zero tax rate applied to exports of labour forces in practices, although such encouragement is stated clearly in articles, the explanation of ordinances for both parties is different all the time. According to the article 7th in Business Tax Act “Services relating to export or services provided in the R.O.C. but used in a foreign country is applicable to zero tax rate”. The basis of labour forces “provided in the R.O.C. but used in a foreign country” is hard to judge, or the view of recognition for […]
2023-02-14
William holds both Australian and Taiwanese passports. Although he has been residing in Australia for an extended period, he still has household registration in Taiwan. He is employed by an Australian company as an engineer and has been declaring and paying personal income tax in Australia (Note 1). In recent years, due to his elderly father’s illness, he intends to discuss with his Australian employer that possibility to returning to Taiwan to take care of his father while working remotely (WFH, Work from Home). He plans to live in his father’s home in Taiwan for more than 183 days in 2025, with his salary continuing to be paid by the Australian company to his bank account in Australia. However, William realizes that when it comes time to file his taxes in Taiwan for 2025, he is unsure whether he needs to report the income from the overseas company. Should this […]
2022-12-29
With the growth of digitalized economic activities, to establish a “permanent entity” at the income incurred country seems not necessarily. For software industry, it is much convenient and accessible to provide their service online cross-country, so the taxation occurred on which country is becomes more unrecognizable. For current service models in software industry, the models can basically be divided into the following 3 types from the history of development: (1) Sales of Standardized Software (2) Sales of Non-standardized Software (Customized) (3) Online Model: SAAS, Software as a Services In the circumstance of being a foreign software service provider, it is suggested to understand the definition of business conduct in Taiwan and the duty of taxation. Sales of Standardized Software For physical sales of software without customized software service, the income is counted as general international trading recognition. That is, the income from customers solely be levied […]
2022-12-15
From 2023, Taiwan companies are obliged to proceed the registration of online sales within the specific period at Taxation Bureau. The company official website shall disclose the “Company Name” and “Uniform Invoice Number” clearly. The companies and e-commerce platforms will be informed such notice by Taxation Bureau shortly after. Kindly remind that the companies engaging in online sales shall be aware of the validity of change of tax ID registration and comply with the related laws and regulations, or the violators will be imposed with the fine from TWD 1,500 to TWD 15,000 and punished for each offense. In addition, for individuals who engage in online sales for the profit-seeking purpose, the tax ID is required to be registered for those who reach the tax threshold (monthly sales of labour forces more than TWD 4,000 or sales of goods more than TWD 80,000). All online sales entities shall be […]
2022-12-01
The payment and collection via mobile becomes prevalent and popular around the world. The payment via cash is substituted by the mobile gradually. The common payment apps in Taiwan are Apple Pay, Line Pay, and JKOPay. Besides, payment mobile is also included third-party payment and electronic payment. Although these functions are all counted as mobile payment, the nature and scope of business is totally different. In regards to the third-party payment, due to the insecurity occurred easily between buying and selling mutual parties, there would be a trustworthy third party to be the agent. Usually, the buyer proceeded the payment to the agent and the seller would send over the product to the buyer upon receival of payment from the agent. The above-mentioned transaction is affiliated as physical transaction collected by the agent. The major difference between third party and electronic payment is that the electronic payment is included collection […]
2022-11-04
In Taiwan, here are 3 most common ways for profit-seeking enterprises to proceed tax returns: Expanding to the cases, audit by reviewing accounting books and tax compliance audit. To promote the convenience for small and medium-sized enterprises to proceed tax return, enterprises which total amount of net income and non-net income is under TWD30,000,000 within a whole year and are willing to rise the lower profit margin after settlement in the declaration of the end of fiscal year up to the standard of expanding to the cases promulgated by the government to calculate the income tax and settle down the payment of tax by the deadline are able to adopt the audit by reviewing papers to lower the risk of tax investigation by Taxation Bureau in accordance with “Regulations Governing Assessment of Profit-seeking Enterprise Income Tax” (Called as “Paper Reviewing Regulations”). For profit-seeking enterprises adopting the audit by reviewing […]
2022-10-21
Proof of Business Tax Return This article aims to introduce the issuance of uniform invoice in practice. The introduction as below: The expenditure items required to state on the tax withholding form and submit to Taxation Bureau Input credit and proof for accounting of business tax Proof for accounting of business tax but no input credit incurred The following items shall be proceeded tax withholding and stated on the tax withholding form to Taxation Bureau: (a) The withholding shall be proceeded as the wage income tax withholding table in the basis of monthly wages. (b) Part-time workers shall be withheld the amount of tax in 5% and sign on the backside of payroll and affidavit. (c) The amount of commission more than TWD20,000 or equivalent shall be withheld the amount of tax in 10%. (d) The amount of rentals more than TWD20,000 or equivalent shall be […]
2022-10-09
The video conference is a way of meeting for the board of directors of a Taiwan company. During the global pandemic period, the video conference becomes prevalent among a majority of Taiwan companies. The points to be aware of for a video conference as following: The location of meeting shall be stated at the board of directors meeting minutes. In the condition of meeting via video conference, it is accessible to state the location and way of connection of a particular connector (Such as chairman) solely. It is possible to send a notice of board of directors meeting via e-mail. If the way of notice via e-mail has been stated at the article of association, the consent of each director is not required. The signature of each director is not required. The fact of attendance via video conference stated on the attendance book is sufficient. The […]
2022-09-15
The Composition of US Payroll Introduction The payroll of employees of U.S. companies is governed by federal, state, and local regulations. It is generally comprised of gross income before taxes, federal and state personal income taxes, social security taxes and Medicare taxes, disability insurance, net income, etc. The following is a detailed description of each component, frequency of payroll, payroll taxes, and Form W-2. Composition of payroll Payroll is generally composed of gross income, payroll deductions, federal and state personal income taxes, social security taxes and Medicare taxes, disability insurance, and net income. Gross income is the total payment received by the employee before any deductions or taxes are taken out and includes any other type of earnings that an employee may have. For example, holiday pay, vacation or sick pay, bonuses, and any miscellaneous pay that the employee may receive. Payroll deductions are a variety of voluntary deductions that […]