EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: The Cabinet and the DPP caucus agreed to push five priority bills, including the central government budget and changes to the labor law
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 29, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
A total of 48 new laws and regulations are to take effect on Monday, ranging from a lower
From left, Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san, Executive Yuan spokesman Hsu Kuo-yung and Minister of Culture Cheng Li-chiun attend a post-meeting news conference at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
tax exemption threshold for foreign e-commerce Web sites to increases in the minimum wage and tighter environmental regulations.
The custom tax exemption threshold for goods purchased on foreign e-commerce platforms is to be lowered from NT$3,000 to NT$2,000.
The change is to ensure equal taxation, because goods sold on local e-commerce platforms are levied according to national laws.
The monthly minimum wage is to increase from NT$21,009 to NT$22,000, benefiting 1.66 million workers, and the minimum hourly pay is to rise from NT$133 to NT$140, benefiting 390,000 workers. [FULL STORY]
