Hi,
I have Gold Card in Taiwan, and lived here for a bit more than 4 years. I consider to take a job for a company registered in Hongkong, but in the contract it says I need to work in my home in Taiwan. Anyone know if my Gold Card is secured if I work for a company registered in HK?
Exact knowledge is appreciated, but an advice for an office to look for certainty is ok
Shouldn’t be an issue.
Be aware, though, that income received from abroad for performing services from within Taiwan counts as “Taiwan-sourced” income and needs to be taxed regularly under the income tax. If you do that, you also shouldn’t have any issue switching to an APRC after 3 years.
See the FAQ on the Gold Card website:
I’m a digital nomad / remote worker, is this card suitable for me? Can I be self-employed?
Yes, this card is perfect for you, since it contains an open work permit that allows you to work for any employer.
Also, with the Gold Card, you’ll only need to pay taxes on 50% of your income above 3 million NT$ per year (if you’re high income).
Thank you for the reply, and I am happy that it should not be an issue.
The Gold Card I have is personal so it is included a long term visa and open work permit. I feel a high degree of freedom after receiving the Gold Card.
I can now proceed.
Again, thanks.
I do the same, on a GC working for my HK employer remotely.
You won’t need to pay any tax in HK as long as you won’t stay more than 60 days in a fiscal year in HK (1apr-31mar) and no MPF obligations for your employer too.
Here in TW you will need to pay taxes if you stay more than 90 days (at non-resident rate) or normal taxes at resident rate if staying more than 183 days in a calendar year. There are ways to “optimise” this, won’t advocate for them, but many are legal, some grey area, some illegal but loosely enforced. Wouldn’t play too much the hand until APRC is secured.
NHI is due too as you have already been here for 4 years, however you should go to talk with the NHIA to move you to the resident category for contribution to pay only 826NT/mo since legally per TW law you are not employed strictly speaking.
Also no pension and labour insurance contributions as you are not working for a TW entity.
Hey Matteo
Thank you for tipping in on my query, that brought more clarity, and also a task I have been considering but yet haven’t done. Take care of the NHI, where I had some doubt and were about to do research. You saved me time on this, thanks.
Paw
I just started the same arrangement, working remotely for HK employer on my GC. Was wondering, how do you pay the taxes? Do you pay it all at once when you file your tax report? Or do you pay every month / few months?
Can only self report. So one payment
Personally, I exchange and put aside some money every month for the taxes. The nice thing is that they payment is only due in August of the following year (if paid by credit card) - so you get to keep the money another year basically. Depending on your risk appetite, you can even invest it in the meantime - I play it safe and put it in a time deposit account.
But no obligation to pay the tax office before it’s tax filing time (if you start now, that would be May of next year).
Highly suggest making a list of well thought out questions and asking immigration in person, record the audio on your phone. If anonymity is of concern, “asking for a friend” and wear a mask whilst not driving the company vehicle is easy as pie.
If things go pear shaped, having real evidence of the government giving the go ahead can often get you at least one get out of jail free card.
Not that relevant as my friends are from hong and became taiwanese citizens due to being half. They mostly also work for hong Kong companies. They all live here, pay taxes here without issues. But no clue on the gold card aspect. I would get clarity from the horses mouth, even lawyers are simply opinions.
Not sure what kind of scenario you’re expecting - as mentioned above, the official government website about the Gold Card already clarifies that the Gold Card includes an open work permit and that remote work is allowed.
Compared to visa-runners working remotely on tourist visas (“digital nomads”) and not paying any taxes, having a Gold Card is already a 1000% safer option.
As an in case for a much broader audience reading forums and sifting through information 
countless issues with ignorant / unprofessional immigration officials exist. I’ve had various privacy things happen as well as needing to fight to show them the new changes to the law.
General advice for protecting one’s self in Taiwan. It’s just easier to record and prepare everything than going the court route in the off chance something happens that shouldn’t have. Taiwan SOP
Just put down 80K NT/month.
If your landlord isn’t totally honest with taxes, why should you be?