17-05-2014, 09:48 PM
Max income tax rate is 20% in Singapore, while Taiwan is 45% (up from 40% previously). What a difference...
Taiwan approves 'rich man's tax'
17 May 2014 11:32
[TAIPEI] Taiwan's parliament has approved a so-called "rich man's tax" on nearly 10,000 of the island's wealthiest people in a bid to narrow the widening income gap.
Starting next year, those with annual net income of over Tw$10 million (US$333,000), or the richest 1.5 per cent of individuals or families, will be subject to a 45 per cent income tax rate, up from the current 40 per cent, said the finance ministry.
The revised income tax law passed by parliament Friday also includes business tax hikes on banks and insurers as well as more tax deductions for low-income families, salarymen and the disabled, the ministry said.
It is expected to generate an extra Tw$65 billion more a year in revenue for the government, including Tw$9.9 billion from the richest people as well as around Tw$20 billion from the banking and insurance sectors.
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Source: Business Times Breaking News
Taiwan approves 'rich man's tax'
17 May 2014 11:32
[TAIPEI] Taiwan's parliament has approved a so-called "rich man's tax" on nearly 10,000 of the island's wealthiest people in a bid to narrow the widening income gap.
Starting next year, those with annual net income of over Tw$10 million (US$333,000), or the richest 1.5 per cent of individuals or families, will be subject to a 45 per cent income tax rate, up from the current 40 per cent, said the finance ministry.
The revised income tax law passed by parliament Friday also includes business tax hikes on banks and insurers as well as more tax deductions for low-income families, salarymen and the disabled, the ministry said.
It is expected to generate an extra Tw$65 billion more a year in revenue for the government, including Tw$9.9 billion from the richest people as well as around Tw$20 billion from the banking and insurance sectors.
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Source: Business Times Breaking News