Important Events of the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei, Ministry of Finance
Year | Important Events |
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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). |