Do you mean the income tax rate for non-residents of 18%? It will be refunded when staying over 183 days in Taiwan.
There are deductions for dependents. There are also many other deductions available.
I don’t know of any deductions for which foreigners are specifically ineligible either (resident foreigners I mean - nonresident foreigners here for 90-183 days or whatever it is can’t claim any deductions or exemptions, but they’re probably the exception).
However, there might be something in the original claim in the sense of foreigners paying more income tax on average, given the typically higher incomes of Western foreigners, fewer dependents to claim deductions for, and the fact that most foreigners can’t really stay here without working and tend not to retire here (so the foreigners who can stay tend to be “productive”, as opposed to retirees or children). Would need to see the numbers for that though, of course.
My parents aren’t dependents. Do Taiwanese claim parents that live overseas as dependents? If so, that sounds like fraud if you ask me. I don’t know many foreigners who have dependent parents here if there even is such a visa. It doesn’t really sound like a discrimination issue, but something that is largely situational.
What are foreigners missing out on that an equivalent Taiwanese gets?
I’m not american and double tax is not a deduction. But many Taiwanese are, I would assume Taiwanese Americans have to deal with the same issue as Foreign Americans here.
Many Taiwanese are American dual citizens and would be obligated to file taxes in the same way. Therefore foreigners are not missing out in this case. If they’re not doing so, they’re not getting special treatment, they’re breaking the law.
It’s not relevant because an equivalent person with Taiwanese citizenship would have the same tax obligations.
I don’t benefit from a tax treaty. Outside the US, almost no countries tax based on citizenship. They only tax based off residency. I’ve not filed a single tax form nor have I paid a single cent to my countries since living here as my residency in those countries has been cancelled.
Again, you’re not answering the question.
What is an equivalent Taiwanese getting that we’re not?
If two people were the exact same. Same income, same everything. Only difference is one is Taiwanese and the other is a foreigner, what is the foreigner missing out on?
Foreigner has no parents, Taiwanese person has no parents.