Taiwan Consulting on Investment Incentive Providing Retained Earnings Tax Reduction

Taiwan's Ministry of Finance is consulting on draft regulations for the introduction of an incentive to promote business investment, which includes a reduction of the 5% retained earnings tax and possible refund for qualifying investments made.

The incentive is to apply for after-tax earnings generated in 2018 and future years that are invested in qualifying assets within three years after the respective year of earnings (e.g. by the end of 2021 for earnings generated in 2018). The minimum…