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Chronicle of Important Events (Historical Archives)

Important Events of the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei, Ministry of Finance

Year Important Events
1967

❖ National Taxation Bureau of Taipei, Ministry of Finance is established.

1968

❖ Six service offices, Chengzhong, Zhongshan, Songshan, Guting, Yanping, and Wanhua offices, are set up.

1970

❖ Is upgraded to a second-class bureau.

1971

❖ Investigation Office, Jiancheng Office, and Daan Office are set up.

1972

❖ Is upgraded to a first-class bureau.

1975

❖ Profit-seeking enterprises income tax assessment, case selection, and review operations are computerized.

1978

❖ The Bureau’s Service Center is established to answer taxpayers’ questions on tax laws and regulations.

1984

❖ The Bureau’s office is relocated to No. 547, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road.

❖ Toll-free service number 080-21-1010 is launched in July 1984.

1988

❖ Nangang Office is divided into Nangang Office and Neihu Office; Yanping Office is divided into Yanping Office and Datong Office.

1990

❖ Tax revenue exceeds NT$201.1 billion.

❖ Income tax return filing period is changed to February 20 to March 31 of each year.

1991

❖ The Bureau’s organizational structure is adjusted to be in line with Taipei’s administrative districts.

1992

❖ The Bureau’s new office building is inaugurated, and the office is relocated from the old location on Zhongxiao East Road in September 1992.

1996

❖ The Bureau's new internet tax information service website is officially launched.

❖ The Bureau fully implements the individual income tax teller system.

1998

❖ Online filing of various income statements is implemented.

1999

❖ The electronic individual income tax return filing system (including two-dimensional barcode and online tax return filing) is implemented.

2000

❖ The online profit-seeking enterprise income tax return filing system is implemented.

❖ The new system of the Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Act is promoted.

2002

❖ The income tax return filing period is changed and inquiry service on income information is provided.

2003

❖ The National Taxation Bureau begins to directly collect business tax starting 2003.

❖ Daan Office and Songshan Office are restructured to be Daan Branch and Songshan Branch.

2004

❖ The non-arm’s length transfer pricing system for profit-seeking enterprise income tax is promoted.

2006

❖ The Income Basic Tax Act (minimum taxation system) is promoted.

2008

❖ Set up a tax reform team to develop an anti income tax avoidance system.

2010

❖ Zhongzheng Office and Xinyi Office are restructured to be Zhongzheng Branch and Xinyi Branch.

❖ Inquiry service on individual income tax deduction information is provided.

❖ Overseas income is included for the basic income taxation.

2011

❖ The signing of advance pricing agreement cases is promoted and the audit of transfer pricing cases is implemented.

❖ The service of the pre-calculation of individual income tax is launched.

❖ The new specifically selected goods and services tax system is launched.

2012

❖ Tax exemptions for military and education personnel’s salary income are abolished.

2013

❖ Is renamed as the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei, Ministry of Finance to be in line with the organizational reform of the Executive Yuan.

2015

❖ The "feedback tax" system of income tax is promoted.

2016

❖ The house and land transactions income taxation system is launched.

❖ Taxation on real estate for the specifically selected goods and services tax is discontinued.

❖ The commodity tax reduction/refund for scrapping or exporting of used automobiles and motorcycles for new vehicles is promoted.

❖ The use of NHI card to inquire income and deduction information and to file individual income tax return online is launched.

❖ Is relocated Zhongzheng Branch to No. 2 Chaozhou Street.

2017

❖ Cross-border e-commerce business tax system is promoted.

❖ Mobile payment of individual income tax is launched.

❖ Zhongbei Office and Zhongnan Office are relocated to a joint office at No. 219 Songjiang Road.

❖ The commodity tax reduction/refund for replacement of large vehicles with new ones is promoted.

❖ The protection of taxpayers' rights is strengthened.

2018

❖ The cross-border e-commerce income tax system is launched.

❖ The income tax system optimization plan is promoted.

2019

❖ Taxation measures for the repatriation of overseas funds is promoted.

❖ The commodity tax reduction/refund provided for purchase of energy-saving appliances is promoted.

❖ The Bureau provides services for inquiring financial inheritance.

2020

❖ In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the extension of the 2019 income tax return filing deadline from May 1 to June 30, 2020 is announced.

❖ Nation-wide one-stop inquiry service of financial inheritance is launched.

2021

❖ In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the extension of the 2020 income tax return filing deadline from May 1 to June 30, 2021 (for medical personnel, it can be extended to July 31, 2021) is announced.

❖ Mobile phone tax filing and mobile phone verification services for handling individual income tax returns for 2020 are launched.

❖ The taxation refinement of the house and land transactions income tax (referred to as the House and Land Transactions Income Tax 2.0) is promoted.

❖ National Taxation Bureau’s one-stop reply of financial inheritance information is promoted.

❖ Wanhua Office is relocated to No. 1, Lane 90, Wanda Road.

2022

❖ Provides trial calculation services for estate tax returns.

❖ In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the extension of the 2021 income tax return filing deadline from May 1 to June 30, 2022 is announced.

❖ Intelligent customer service "National Tax Helper" is added to provide consultation services related to tax regulations.

❖ Establishes the "Cooperative Educare Service Center" to create a childcare friendly working environment.

❖ Xinyi Branch is relocated to 5F, No. 86, Fude Street, and shares offices with other administrative agencies in the newly constructed Xinyi District Administration Center.

2023

❖ In line with the government’s organizational restructuring, the Bureau’s internal units are consolidated from 10 divisions to 6 divisions.

❖ The profit-seeking enterprise and individual Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) System is promoted.

2024

❖ Zhongzheng Branch is relocated to 3F, No. 8, Section 1, Roosevelt Road (XinNanMen Market Building).

 

Last updated:2024-12-09