[quote=“truant”]For those interested, here’s an update. Doesn’t seem to be much chance of getting any official info on this but I got this advice from my HR colleague after much investigation:
- He called the Tax bureau.
- He called Immigration/Entry & Exits
- He called a colleague of his that specialises in tax issue for foreigners.
All THREE concur with ruling of [quote]Each arrival day is counted as a day in Taiwan, and each departure day is counted as a day out of Taiwan. This is added to the obvious logic of complete days in or out of the country. [/quote]
So I’m shaving my business trip a day to squeeze in.
With respect, thank you for your advice Hartzell, but I’m not going to take the risk of losing serious $$$ in tax refunds assuming that any part of a day in Taiwan counts as a full day here, when the 3 above disagree (unless I find something official that says that assumption is correct)[/quote]
Just an update to the big question posed last year. I have done my tax return and the dept confirmed with me that indeed the ruling is this: the day a person leaves Taiwan is not counted as a day, and the day a person arrives is counted as a day, so basically, count the nights in Taiwan to get today tax days.
I had 184 days based on that theory, which they confirmed, and that = a big refund for me, which made the whole tedious excercise last year well worth my while. Thanks to everyone to had input to this discussion.