People here take great pleasure in shafting the government on taxes.
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Itās just standard practice amongst landlords he wonāt rent to you if your say you will file for it.
I think they are afraid of it going on record in the future or getting audited.
But basically what Dr Milker said.
Itās tax evasion on an enormous scale that benefits rich people, what can you do.!
It will reveal the fact that heās renting the apartment and receiving this income at all.
Always agree to the rent deduction in lieu of the tax reduction as firstly for the majority of people itās not worth claiming the rent in taxes and secondly having evidence that the landlord was actively engaged in tax fraud is a great hammer to hold when leaving an apartment and trying to get your deposit back. Besides you can always back date your taxes for up to 3 years if circumstances change.
I reported mine years back because I didnāt know better. Everybody told me that the landlord would be pissed and, etc, etc, etc so I told them. They shrugged and said they would simply need to be sure to report it. It came up the next contract and they offered current rent if I continued to report it or a reduction if I didnāt. We figured that it worked out about the same, either way, for both of us.
I had at least 3 landlords offer this to us.
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My wife and I want to move house in Taipei. As is known, to keep legal I need to give the govt my new address within 15 days, by showing (1) the rental agreement or (2) original and copy of property tax bill + attestation from the owner of the date we moved in. Just to add to the degree of difficulty, we already have been approval to receive č£å© if we can show a contract within about 6 weeks. My wife has called about 10 places for rent and all landlords are in this tax scam thing. Does anyone know how to find an honest landlord?
I have never shown any property tax things. Just bring your contract to the NIA.
Thanks Marco. Thanks for the comm. To be more clear I meant either (1), if you have a rental agreement (at present we have no rental agreement as we rent from a friend). This friend also did not want us to show either a rental agreement or (2) property tax bill. So, you just took a contract to the NIA, despite the landlord saying not to. You are brave. And even take a contract to receive the č£å©ć Would you recommend that?
Nobody ever told me no.
The immigration centre doesnāt talk to the tax authority.
Just bring your contract to the NIA
Thank you. Yes, similar to Australia with no comm between govt depts. Amazing nobody ever said donāt show the contract to the govt. You are blessed. Was this in Taipei and in the last few years?
Yeah. None of my flats ever had anyone give me a hard time. Secondly. Itās illegal not to report your house address to the NIA. So regardless what they say, get your contract and go to the NIA. Keep quiet and the landlord wonāt know and you will be fine.
Trust me. Iām not blessed. I kept my mouth shut and did what I needed to do.
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Yeah, I doubt theyāre even aware or care that foreigners have to bring a rental contract to get an arc. Iāve never heard of any consequences from it. What they donāt like is reporting the rental for any tax purposes, unless itās accounted for in your rental price.
Thank you. Letā see how this all goes. Actually we suddenly made an appointment for tomorrow and the landlord said no problem to what we wantā¦ the catch is it is a bit more expensive.
No no no. You donāt need to pay more cause heās not paying tax. Register with the NIA does not alert tax authorities.
Yes. Looks like we run into the wrong people. And my wife didnāt say she was married to foreigner even.
Actually the landlord said the rent does include tax, so not problems. Finally ran into an honest landlord. Weāll see it tomorrow - the video on 591 APP looks good. Thanks
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