Markets fell in Asia on Thursday following a second straight day of losses on Wall Street in response to Federal Reserve minutes indicating it could begin withdrawing its huge financial support by the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan MOF Explains Withholding Tax Obligation for Overtime Payments
The Taiwanese Ministry of Finance Aug. 17 explained the withholding tax obligation for overtime payments to employees. The announcement explains: 1) the requirement for overtime income to be paid on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan set to extend stock day trading tax break – source
Taiwan is set on Thursday to extend a tax break for day trading on the stock market for another three years, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, as it looks to support the bourse. TAIPEI, ... ( read original story ...)
Agencies agree to retain day trading tax cut
The Ministry of Finance, the Financial Supervisory Commission and the National Development Council on Tuesday night reached a consensus on extending the transaction tax cut for day trading for two or ... ( read original story ...)
US vows to stand by Taiwan amid Chinese saber-rattling following Afghanistan withdrawal
After a series of threats from Chinese state-affiliated media, the Biden administration announced Tuesday the United States intends to help Taiwan defend itself from Chinese military activity. ( read original story ...)
No Relief Yet For Taiwan Stock Market
The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in nine straight sessions, plummeting more than 960 points or 5.6 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 16,660-point ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan MOF Seeks Comments on Draft Bill on Income Tax Concessions for Specific Foreign Professionals
The Taiwanese Ministry of Finance Aug. 13 opened a consultation on a draft bill to amend the preferential income tax regime for specific foreign professionals. The draft bill includes measures ... ( read original story ...)
Imprisoned Chinese citizen journalist not well, lawyer says
A Chinese citizen journalist serving a four-year sentence after reporting on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan is in ill health after staging a long-running hunger strike, ... ( read original story ...)
Affinity, GIC, AlpInvest exit Hyundai Card
Card firm allowed to pursue longer-term IPO plan By Park Jae-hyuk Affinity Equity Partners, GIC and AlpInvest Partners sold their stakes in Hyundai Card to Taiwan's Fubon Financia ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: China’s Sinovac jab leads to higher risk of facial paralysis
Officials were also concerned about fragments of the virus that causes Covid-19 found in a sewage treatment plant in an area where coronavirus cases were previously unknown. “This detection is of ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Schools ready to reopen on Sept. 1, local officials say
Schools would open for the new semester on Sept. 1 as long as the nation’s COVID-19 alert remains at level 2 over the coming weeks, most local governments said yesterday. Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Outbreak takes financial toll: group
About one-quarter of vulnerable families served by the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF) have been financially affected since the start of a domestic COVID-19 outbreak in May, the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Mulls Extending Tax Cut for Day Trading in Stocks: EDN
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission and Ministry of Finance reach consensus to extend the reduction in securities transaction tax rate for day trading after current rule expires by end of 2021, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Predicted To End Losing Streak
The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in seven straight sessions, plunging more than 640 points or 3.7 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 16,980-point ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from central Taiwan: Our government: the helping claw
This week the government announced another COVID-19 relief voucher plan. The funding will come from the fund originally established for the crisis, which still has NT$160 billion left in it, and is ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: MRT firms predict massive losses
The operators of the country’s four largest MRT metro rail systems have predicted combined losses of up to NT$10.156 billion (US$364.54 million) due to low ridership after the nationwide COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)