Taiwan provides duty-free import for half a year

Taiwan stipulates duty-free import of half a year 6 cross-border channels blocked?

"Personal use" is one of the advantages of cross-border direct postal tax avoidance, but Taiwan recently began to restrict the use of "personal use" of cross-border business practices.

FDE jun, according to Chinese customs affairs department said Taiwan's Treasury, Taiwan import "frequent recognition principle, has built the 1061011007th order released by the Taiwan goods pass word, from July 1 this year, the number of duty-free imports direct mail 6 times every six months.

Treasury customs affairs department pointed out that China Taiwan on July 1st, duty-free imports of second half of the number of calculation is divided into the upper two cycles, since in the first half of January 1, since the second half of July 1, each cycle duty-free imports more than 6, 7 times is import should be taxed, and at the end of the cycle to calculate number of duty-free imports.

It is understood that this tax exemption will not mainly refer to "tariffs". In Taiwan, there are three types of customs duties:

1. The calculation of the amount (including weight or material) and the amount of tax per unit of quantity in quantity (including weight or material) shall be calculated according to the quantity (including weight or material, etc.) and the amount of tax per unit.

2. The price and tax rate shall be calculated according to the price and tax rate of the tariff of import goods, and the formula is: duty = customs value (tax rate), and generally imported goods are subject to tariffs from the price tax.

3. Compound tax - in the same tax code, the tax rate and the amount of tax payable from the unit of quantity shall be collected from the high school levy.

And for the implementation of import "frequent policy, at present, the Chinese Taiwan has actively promote express customs clearance companies in March this year the consignee name and address should be detailed personal data, in order to to declare name and address is incomplete, will strengthen the check letter of appointment.

For this policy, it is likely that Taiwan will be the target market for merchants and platforms. Among them, the major platforms currently involved in the Taiwan market mainly include Shopee and Tmall international, which has started to vigorously develop Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and southeast Asian markets in recent years. Alibaba has also highlighted Taiwan as one of the key markets for its global plan to sell global goods.

Ali released last November as of September 30 in the quarterly results of clear, double 11 ali began to let its overseas merchants in 2016 put the product sold in mainland China, among them, the Chinese Hong Kong and Taiwan for the first landing of the plan of two big markets.

Of course, China is not alone in setting quotas for personal use. In the last year, China has implemented a new New Deal, for cross-border electricity customs clearance mode (i.e., cross-border electricity business tax), consumers a single consumption should not exceed 2000 yuan, the year of no more than 20000 yuan, but to go a parcel model (pay tax), temporarily without limitation requirements.