I haerd from a friend that people are being held up on getting or renewing ARCs because they are now checking with the tax office to see if things are square.
Does anyone have info on this?
I’m not sure about that. I do know that when you go to file your taxes everything has to be squared away and put right. So if you get your ARC and then file a tax return, you’ll have to explain any previous time in Taiwan, what you did and how much you made. They’ll also assume you worked and made money during that time and tax you accordingly UNLESS you prove otherwise.
CYA
Okami
When I renewed my ARC (last summer) they wanted my tax receipt from the year before.
More on taxes and new ARC applications or renewals
I just so happened to get a student visa for six months. When I got a new working permit, I got an ARC - same number as before, but a new card. My outstanding taxes didn’t come up at all. Phew. I have been in to try and get the taxes settled, but my past employers haven’t been very helpful so far. Anyway, what I did seemed to be one way around my problem.
I might add that I was too slow in getting my new work permit settled, so I did have to leave the country for a visa run. I was told this wouldn’t have been necessary if I had been faster acting.
Bizarre. I presume the next thing they’ll do is not allow you to extend your ARC if you outstanding parking tickets. Or if you’re not wearing clean underwear.
not true, that would actually require some thought and the MFA is lacking
[quote=“dearpeter”]I haerd from a friend that people are being held up on getting or renewing ARCs because they are now checking with the tax office to see if things are square.
Does anyone have info on this?[/quote]
Yes true, I was there this week and had to show my tax return and receipt.