Tax residency certificate

[tuttiartisti]

Hi. Do the tax authorities provide a certificate of tax residency? This is a document where the TW tax authorities state that I am a TW resident for tax purposes and that I am liable to pay tax in TW on worldwide income.

For clarification, I link the Australian equivalent:
Australian Certificate of Tax Residency

If they do provide such, how do I get about obtaining one?
Thanks all in advance.

[Andrew]

Yes. You can apply for one at the tax office.

See also here:

Taking action against Taiwan's definition of domicile/residence relating to foreigners

Just for fun, while I was taking some documents to the tax office earlier this month I got them to issue me a residence certificate for this year and the last four years (five years is the maximum permitted, apparently). Probably won’t be too useful, but I figured I might be able to use it the next time a Taiwanese bank is telling me I’m not resident here. [markup_1000030699] There’s a section on the form asking about the purpose of the application, whether it’s for applying a tax treaty wit…

[tuttiartisti]

@Andrew

Yes. You can apply for one at the tax office.

Thanks. Can i do this online or do i have to go in person somewhere? If so, where? I’m in Taoyuan.

[Andrew]

You can download the application form below, but I think you might have to apply in person. I suppose it’s possible they might accept applications by mail, but you’d have to check.

You need your passport and I guess your ARC if you have one. The guy at the Taipei tax office was fine with me emailing him a photo of my passport though (because I hadn’t brought it).

Application Form for Certificate of Residency-eTax Portal,Ministry of Finance

[tuttiartisti]

@Andrew

You can download the application form below, but I think you might have to apply in person.

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Sorry to disturb one last time. I downloaded and filled in the MS Word file, but i do not have a printer. This is a high tech country, but i’m quite a tech dinosaur. Can i print this at the tax office premisses or at some convenience store? Or should i just bring the file saved on a pen drive or on the smart phone to the tax office? Also, what’s the address of the tax office where we hand this in? I’m in Taoyuan, but i can go to Taipei no problem. Thanks.

[qwert_zuiop]

@tuttiartisti

Can i print this at the tax office premisses or at some convenience store?

Yes (better convert to a PDF first):

雲端列印網

Upload there and then head to the next 711 to print.

[Andrew]

@tuttiartisti

Can i print this at the tax office premisses or at some convenience store?

Yes. Like @qwert_zuiop said, you can print it at the Ibon machine in any 7-11. A pen drive is okay, or you can also email the file to ibon@ibon.com.tw and scan the QR code it sends back. The machine is pretty self-explanatory for printing (if only because printing is one of the few functions they bothered translating into English).

@tuttiartisti

Also, what’s the address of the tax office where we hand this in? I’m in Taoyuan, but i can go to Taipei no problem.

This looks to be the Taoyuan tax office (just from Google Maps, I’ve never been):

Taoyuan Branch, National Taxation Bureau of the Northern Area

[tuttiartisti]

Hi! I printed at 7-11 by the method suggested, handed it in at the local tax office and they said they’ll call me to pick it up within a week or two. All very smooth and quick process. Thanks y’all for the great help.