Received a reply:
Dear Mr. Zuiop
Referring to your letter dated August 31, 2020, in which you inquired some information about being a freelancer in Taiwan. In answer to your inquiry for the article, we reply you as follows:
First of all, because you’ve already got the Employment Gold Card, we suggest you to contact the Ministry of Interior (the authority issued the Employment Gold Card) to make sure all of your questions will get the suitable answers. Please contact with Ms. Wengto discuss about the regulatory issues.
Besides, there are two kinds of organization in Taiwan: COMPANY and BUSINESS. If you want to be an independent contractor by yourself which not partnership, you can choose a limited company or a sole proprietorship depending on the scale and the business scope.
Following is the procedure for a foreign company/business setting-up in Taiwan (INVESTMENT COMMISSION, MOEA - Overseas Chinese & Foreign Investment):
- Apply for searching and reservation of company name and business scope.
- Apply for the foreign investment approval to the Investment Commission, MOEA, in accordance with The Statute for Investment by Foreign Nationals.
- Apply for the company/business registration.
In addition, there are many different ways to count the tax in the different situations, please contact with central competent authority (Ministry of Finance) to ask the details about the tax.
If you need any further company registration information, please call the phone number: 886-2-4121166. Thank you!
Sincerely,Dept. of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs
That somehow sounds like I need to start a limited company or sole proprietorship first?!?