Richart - The first almost/kinda/marginally/minuscularly foreigner friendly bank

[Andrew]

@Andrew

I just received my first withholding and non-withholding tax statement from Richart/Taishin today, and despite asking me four fucking times to confirm I’m exclusively tax resident in Taiwan, and despite @fifieldt’s discussions with the management of Taishin, they’ve still fucked it up and listed me as tax resident in the UK.

I hadn’t got around to complaining to Taishin/Richart yet, but funnily enough I just received another withholding statement for the NT$300 account opening bonus, and in this case I was listed as “ZZ” (not “GB” like last time).

I’m still listed as non-resident, but no tax was withheld. IIRC, this is in contrast to what @slawa reported for his account opening bonus.