I’m about to split off a bunch of posts from the bank tax residency certificates thread, basically everything since @Mataiou ’s response from the National Human Rights Commission of the Control Yuan , because I think that the discussion has now evolved into a much broader thing than taking action agai…

I wonder if they can eventually refuse to take complaints from someone if they feel they are a “nuisance” forcing you to file suit. Or are they obligated to respond forever.

I’ve wondered that too. But… would it actually matter? As far as I can tell, none of these government agencies have actually done anything useful to resolve any of these complaints yet. Even the FSC complaints only seem to have had an effect because banks don’t like to receive FSC complaints and “s…

Yea I found that too, the banks just find the complaints too mafan so they cave. It’s not that they are scared of the FSC which appears toothless.

[image] Mataiou: ministry of finance regarding taxation, foreigners can never have 住所 Come to think of it, NHI treats foreigners residency exactly the same as Taiwanese. It’s poorly worded but if you have a spouse ARC or APRC the same enrolment/withdrawal rules apply as citizens. Active/inact…

I checked, they use the word 居留, that’s residing, not 住所。

[image] slawa: No they keep withholding at the higher rate until you take a day off and spend an hour at every bank showing them your entry/exit paper. You have to do it every year no matter if you already permanently lived here for a decade. This is a clear violation of tax treaties Taiwan di…

[image] Andrew: I would also change the “you get a refund at the end of the year” part in Problem 2. This isn’t really accurate - taxes are filed in May of the following year and the excess returned in July or August or something (?), so you’re talking about the excess being kept for something l…

[image] miamidice: Where do you get an entry and exit paper from? Immigration I assume, or you can download it from MyData.

[image] miamidice: Where do you get an entry and exit paper from? certificate of entry and exit from NIA, can be downloaded online via Mydata or with a quick trip to NIA centres, it’s free.

In person they may charge 100NTD service fee. https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141465/141808/180164/ I always get it with the digital certificate.

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