Again, off the top of my head, but around 1000 a month each for health and labor insurance.
Why are you asking us instead of the person who has offered you this position?
Guy
Just ask the admin people, but deductions to 70k wouldnât be much. Maybe 5k when you include tax and health insurance.
If the OP is subjected to the flat (not progressive) tax rate, in the first calendar year heâll be dinged for way more than that.
Guy
Thatâs only half true. If you spend less than 183 days in the country youâre taxed at the flat 20% (18%?) rate, but you wonât get any back because youâre not entitled to tax deductions and exemptions until youâre paying resident taxes (spend more than 183 days in the country in that calendar year to qualify).
It doesnât matter if itâs net or gross, itâs still waaaay too low to make the move unless you have personal reasons to be here( wife, gf, etc)
Your apartment alone will be 30k, then factor in 500 for weekdays for food, and perhaps an extra 1000 on weekends each day.
You ruined my self restraint.
Why would his rent need to be so high? Iâve rented decent 4 bedroom places in Taipei for under 20K, and he only needs one bedroom.
He might get free meals at the school cafeteria, too. Perhaps Biggus can chime in.
4 bedrooms in Taipei for less than 20?
I own my place so Iâm not that familiar, but my impression is that itâs far higher than that. Just a room in a shared apartment would put you back 12-15k in Taipei
Perhaps if his university is not in taipei he could find something cheaper, but as far as I can recollect most of the uniâs are in daan
It was in New Taipei, but not far from Daan at all and close to the MRT.
In my experience getting information like this out of universities can be tough: a combination of language difficulties, bureaucratic inertia, âitâs always someone elseâs problemâ, and not knowing how things work for foreigners. Or how things work in general.
Oof. Thanks - thatâs an important correction, and is something Iâd either forgotten or never really understood. And assuming 20% (is it 18% now?) deducted from taxes for the first six months of 2021 (but thatâd be refunded in 2022, right?), thatâll make things tight for the first year or so - youâd be living off about 56,000 a month, assuming no other income. In the countryside, probably OK, but in Taipei, tough. I hope the OP is coming here with money in the bank to pay for start-up costs.
Universities are everywhere, all over the island. Mind you, the long-term stability of many of those schools is in question, what with falling birthrates.
I know, I just kind of assumed it would be one of the better/more prestigious ones if he is coming from overseasâŚ
Thereâs probably already a meal allowance within the OPâs 71k a month.
They often give folks housing too.
But the OP is too **** to provide any details.
busy?
vague
As @lostinasia wrote, they dont have a clue. Admin refers me to Taiwanese co-workers, they refer me to admin. Vicious cycle of misinformation.
Donât sweat the small things in life. Come and do your thing. When it comes time to pay your taxes all shall be revealed
Who can provide me information about that at my institution?