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Taiwan Says Taxpayers Affected by COVID-19 May Request Deadline Extension

Dated May 18, 2020

SUMMARY BY TAX ANALYSTS

Taxpayers financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can submit an application to the National Tax Bureau if they need to extend the date of their tax filing deadline or request to pay their taxes in installments, according to a May 15 release issued by the Taipei Ministry of Finance.

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The National Taxation Bureau of Kaohsiung, Ministry of Finance stated that they have received repeated calls from the public recently. Due to the severe special infectious pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic in the service companies, the implementation of unpaid leave or pay reduction measures have caused personal income to decrease. They worry about individual income tax return to the coming May that they cannot pay the taxes as scheduled.

The bureau has released the tax collection agency to accept taxpayers due to the impact of the epidemic and cannot pay the tax in one payment due to the epidemic situation. Affected by the epidemic situation, the application of the extension or installment tax payment review principles, with a view to liberal and quickly handle the difficulty of working together with the public to prevent the epidemic. Among them, the key points related to the individual are as follows: (see the attachment)

People who meet the requirements can fill out the application form and attach relevant supporting documents (such as salary reduction notices) within the prescribed payment period to protect their rights and interests!

The bureau further stated that to facilitate people's applications, the relevant application forms have placed on the homepage of the bureau's website (URL: https://www.ntbk.gov.tw)/Theme/Administrative/Epidemic prevention/Extension or installment of tax payment, people can download and print. If you need to know more about the relevant measures and the application process, you can call the toll-free service telephone number of the bureau at 0800-000321 or 7256600 extension 7601 for consultation.

Contact: Mrs. Wang, the Audit of the Collection Division

TEL: 07-7256600 ext.7601

Release date: 2020-05-15
Last updated: 2020-05-15

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