Pay tax online?

Legal Taxes
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There’s a new service via phone web-app. It works for phones/tablets only (advanced users: unless you use user-agent spoofing ex. via Chrome ‘Inspect’ and switch to mobile).

https://efile.tax.nat.gov.tw/ifnw/en/index.jsp

NO idea if it works but I went through the process. Some prompts are in Chinese but it’s 95% English. Seems straight forward. In the end you have to print/mail out a couple documents. Fingers crossed.

Notes

  • I didn’t need to enter any ‘home’ phone as mentioned above
  • Have your passport ready, as entering entry/exit dates is done manually
  • Seems to be no need to enter NHI / labor insurance figures since they are under the standard deduction
  • That’s all I know! This is not legal advice :stuck_out_tongue:
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OK, how to get the Inquiry Code?

Let’s press “How to get the Inquiry code?”

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Result:

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Why does it seem so difficult to properly create an English version that works?

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Guess I will go to the tax office and get my inquiry code there again. I think I did it this way last year. And then file the taxes at home.

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Every freakin’ time.

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Sooo convenient for those of us who use eGate :cactus:

I did online filing for the first time last year. This year I’m going back to the more convenient walk-into-the-tax-office-and-be-a-dumb-foreigner method, which gets me in and out like in ten minutes.

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Once I do all the screwing around to get a code, might as well get them to do it for me at the same time

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^ probably this.

Digital Citizen Certificate - one visit to an office, five-six years of pjyama-wearing tax filing joy. You know you want to :wink:

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If you can get it to work that is. I have yet to make a successful transaction with the card.

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you didn’t have to have sex with the old govt guys to get the code, you could’ve just asked politely

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I heard that card is great. You can even check health care records, order credit reports, etc… but I already like hanging out in pajamas, if I get that card I’ll never need to leave the house :slight_smile:

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Who said they were old govt guys. in Taichung they hired a lot of young uni girls during tax season, one of which helped me file.

  • Insert Homer’s uhhhh drool emoji *

They were pretty efficient and got through the large crowd fast.

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Sorry if I’m stupid. How is the card used, like at the computer?

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It’s just so easy to go in, obtain your reported income sheet, verify it is correct, have them fill out the tax form for you, file it, and pay…I don’t know why anyone would bother with this.

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You put it in your card reader, download the software, get a bunch of obscure error messages, spend hours trying to troubleshoot, smash your keyboard against the desk, and then go to the tax office and do it in 5 minutes.

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I just did exactly that this morning. From walking in the door to exiting took 26 minutes, 15 minutes of that was waiting because the “foreigner” windows happened to be full at the time.

Edit: I can’t imagine this level of service would ever be possible for a foreigner in a US tax office.

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Ok, I am convinced now. Will head to the tax office on Monday :slight_smile:

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Yesterday I went to the tax office with an agency member who works with our school.
They messed up because I work in Taoyuan City but live in New Taipei City.

So we get there and they guy says I can’t file taxes her the regular way but he can do it all for me online. Only thing is I have to wait until July/August to get the Tax Certificate (the blue piece of paper) and they will give it to me at the New Taipei City tax office when I present my ARC.

So yeah, he did it all for me just with my ARC and bank account number and then printed out a bunch of pages with info on it and showed showed me the amount I will receive in my account in August.

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I keep getting this error message, anybody else have this issue?

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In Taiwan, all documents tied to where you live in currently. be it you on ARC or APRC.

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Make sure all your windows regional settings are using Taiwan.