Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax QA
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The foreign company decides to register a representative office in Taiwan, does the representative office registered in Taiwan is required to file a tax return? |
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No, if the company hired the employee, they will need to handle the withholding of the employee's salary.
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For the foreign company that registers a representative office in Taiwan, what are the business activities that can be conducted? |
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The Taiwan Representative Office could only conduct non-profit activities such as signing contracts, quoting, negotiate, bidding, purchasing, market research in Taiwan.
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Could the Taiwan representative office hire employees? |
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The Taiwan representative office could hire employees.
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Is there capital for the Taiwan representative office? |
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The representative office does not need the capital, if there is the demand for capital, the representative office could open a bank account to remit the capital to the representative office, in order to cover the basic expenses of the Taiwan representative office.
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Does the Taiwan representative office must have a physical office in Taiwan? |
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There is no requirement to have a physical office, however, a Taiwan address is required, as the registered address.
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