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Travel Agencies Must Properly Report and Pay Business Tax on Outbound Tour Group Revenues

  • Travel agencies handling outbound group tours for Taiwanese citizens must report and pay business tax as required.
  • Some agencies underreported sales compared to collected tour fees, leading to tax evasion concerns.
  • Agencies must issue official receipts and invoices for collected fees, and report the taxable amount after deducting pass-through payments.
  • A company was found to have underreported NT$47 million in tour fees and was fined and required to pay back taxes.
  • Agencies are urged to self-report and pay any owed taxes before being investigated to avoid penalties.

Source: mof.gov.tw

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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