Individual taxes is being considered for Taiwanese couples

Ann Yu

China Post

Publication date: 15-03-2013

 

Taiwanese couples may soon as separate file their taxes as part of a draft amendment to the income tax act.

On a Cabinet weekly meeting yesterday, which spokesman Cheng Li-wen said that the Cabinet decided to change the law regarding the number of divorced spouses who have suffered domestic violence, as well as other reasons. In the future possible couples eligible for indirect taxation file separately, the Cabinet said.

The new plan of the tax file is scheduled to start in 2014, which in rough estimate of the Government tax by NT $ 16.5 billion (US $ 554.6 million decrease would).

According to the income tax act the amount of the tax levied on the income of salary and husband of a person can be calculated separately and then declared and paid jointly. As for non-wage income couples are required to calculate the combined income taxes and state tax returns together.

Cheng mentioned that the change for the convenience of the divorced couples, who find it difficult was when it comes to filing taxes. ' This is more a matter of human rights, which the Government wants to recognize it, "she said.

According to the design of the couples can choose to file their taxes in three ways-by calculating the taxes on a combined income, by filing jointly on only the income wage, or submitting completely separate taxes.

Citizens can file taxes in a way that is more convenient for them, said the Cabinet.

The amendment comes in response to a constitutional interpretation in 2012, that that according to Income Tax Act 15, couples needed ruled to all of their income from non-wage statistical and a combined tax return.

Cheng said that the Cabinet suggested that this decision an imbalance of tax returns between married couples and singles produced, whereby the Constitution is violated.

Premier Jiang Yi-Hammond noted that the amendments to ensure that the laws were subject to the Constitution and that the fiscal justice. He added that each Ministry thorough conversation for the completeness of the law amendments.