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Guide to Taiwan Specifically Selected Goods and Services Tax

2023-06-14
1. Scope of Taxation
 

The "selling price" with regard to a taxpayer's sale or manufacture of specifically selected goods or specifically selected services includes all fees collected in addition to the price.


2. Taxpayers
 

The taxpayer of specifically selected goods and services is as follows:

(1) For the sale of a building or land: The original owner, with the tax collected at the time of sale.
(2) For other sales:
 

(a) Manufacture of specifically selected goods: the taxpayer is the manufacturer, with the tax is collected at the time the goods are released from the factory.
(b) Imported specifically selected goods: the taxpayer is the consignee or the holder of the bill of lading or of the goods, with the tax collected at the time of importation.
(c) An auction or a sale by a court or other institution, of specifically selected goods for which the tax has not been paid: the taxpayer is the winning bidder, the purchaser, or one who takes the goods. The tax is collected at the time of the auction or sale.
(d) Tax-exempt specifically selected goods that lose tax-exempt status due to a transfer or a change in purpose of use: the taxpayer is the person initiating the transfer or the change in purpose of use or the holder of the goods, and the tax is collected at the time of the transfer or the change in purpose of use.
(e) Sale of specifically selected services: The taxpayer is the business entity making the sale, with tax collected at the time of the sale.


3. Tax Rates or Tax Amount
 

Tax Rates or Tax Amount of Specifically Selected Goods and Services Tax

Category

Scope

Tax Base

Tax Rate

 

Buildings and land


A unit of a building and the share of land associated with the unit, or urban land for which a construction permit may lawfully be issued, that has been held for no more than two years

Sale price (including business tax)

10%, but increased to 15% if the building or land has not be held for more than one year

 


Passenger cars

A passenger car that has nine seats or less (including the driver’s seat) and a selling price or taxable value of not less than NTD 3 million

Sale price (including business tax and commodity tax); the taxable value of specifically selected imported goods is the sum of the customs value, import duty, commodity tax, and business tax

10%


Yachts

Yacht with a sale price or taxable value of not less than NTD 3 million

Sale price (including business tax); the taxable value of specifically selected imported goods is the customs value, import duty, and business tax

10%

 


Airplanes, helicopters, and ultra-light vehicles

Sale price or taxable value of not less than NTD 3 million

Sale price (including business tax); the taxable value of specifically selected imported goods is sum of the customs value, import duty, and business tax

10%

 


Turtle shells, hawksbill, coral, ivory, furs, and their products

Items that have a sale price or taxable value of not less than NTD 500,000 (excluding those that are not protected species under the Wildlife Conservation Act, or products made from such items)

Sale price (including business tax); the taxable value of specifically selected imported goods is the customs value, import duty, and business tax

10%

 


Furniture

An item of furniture with a sale price or taxable value of not less than NTD 500,000

Sale price (including business tax); the taxable value of specifically selected imported goods is sum of the customs value, import duty, and business tax

10%

 


Membership

An item with a sale price not
less than NTD 500,000

Sale price (including business tax)

10%

 


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