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Article 1
This Standard is set forth pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 30 of the Act for the Establishment and Administration of Technology Industrial Parks (hereinafter referred to as this Act).
Article 2
Businesses in the Technology Industrial Parks (hereinafter referred to as TIP) as prescribed in Paragraph 2, Article 4 of this Act are categorized as follows in respect of the calculation of their administration fees:
1. Businesses in the TIP are categorized according to the Republic of China’s industrial classification standard. Those belonging to the manufacturing industry are charged according to the manufacturing industry rate; those belonging to the wholesale and retail industry are charged according to the trading industry rate; those belonging to the transportation and warehousing industry are charged according to the warehousing and transportation industry rate; those belonging to the professional, scientific and technical service industries are charged according to the service industry rate; and those belonging to the financial and insurance industries are charged according to the financial and insurance industry rate.
2. Carriers recognized by the Bureau of Industrial Parks, Ministry of Economic Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the Bureau).
3. Public or private enterprises that have obtained approval to invest in and construct, lease or sell a building in the TIP.
4. Other businesses with a sales or contact office in the TIP, apart from carriers and public or private enterprises that have obtained approval to invest in and construct, lease or sell a building in the TIP.
5. Businesses with an operational site located in the Kaohsiung Software Technology Park.
6. Businesses with an operational site located in the Taichung Software Park.
7. For the businesses set forth in Subparagraphs 1, 5, and 6 which concurrently operate retail business after obtaining approval or the businesses mentioned in Subparagraphs 4, 5, and 6 which engage in retail business, the charging standard specified in Article 4 applies to their retail business.
Article 3
Sales turnover mentioned in this Standard includes sales income, service income, commission income, project income, processing income, rental income, transfers of commodities or labor service of businesses in the TIP with their head office or branch office, and other items attributable to operating income.
Article 4
Administration fees for businesses in the TIP are charged based on the appendix attached.
Administration fees for businesses in the TIP that have some of their operations carried out in different parks shall be specified separately and calculated based on the charging standards specified by the zones/parks where they operate, and collected on a consolidated basis. However, if the annual combined sales turnover of a manufacturing or trading business that operates in different zones/parks is eligible for a regressive rate, the regressive rate may apply to its combined sales turnover.
In the event that the current sales turnover declared pursuant to the aforesaid proviso involves different rate brackets due to regression, the sales turnover generated in the operational site with a later establishment approval date shall be first included in the amount exceeding the applicable range of the regressive rate.
The Bureau may propose adjustments to the management fee privileges specified in these Charging Standards based on policy needs or other special circumstances. The adjustment proposal shall be submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs before implementation.
Article 5
In regard to the businesses that have obtained approval to provide dining or accommodation services in the TIP through open tendering procedures carried out by the Bureau or the Branch, the administration fees are charged based on the amount specified in the tender documentation by the Bureau or the Branch.
Article 6
Land inside the TIP shall be developed by the landowner pursuant to the provision in Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 11 of this Act prior to its amendment on May 30, 2006. For landowners who maintain their public facilities inside the TIP, the monthly administration fees of their businesses in the TIP shall be half of the industry’s standard as listed in the appendix of Article 4; NT$1,000 is charged for a calculated monthly amount less than NT$1,000.
Article 7
Businesses in the TIP shall pay administration fees starting from the month following the approval of their operation; businesses with a sales or contact office in the TIP shall pay administration fees starting from the month following the approval of their operation.
In the event that administration fees of businesses in the TIP are charged pursuant to the floor area of the building, the area of facilities in the newly established operational sites shall be included in the calculation starting from the month following the changes in factory registration; the area of operational sites apart from facilities shall be included in the calculation of the floor area of the building starting from the month following the acquisition of a use permit, changes in building ownership, or effective date of a lease.
Article 8
Businesses in the TIP that are subject to an administration fee charged based on their sales turnover shall fill out a sales turnover and administration fee declaration form for businesses in the TIP before the 20th day of the month following the end of each payment period, and the documents listed below shall be attached. Sales turnover and administration fees shall be declared to the Bureau or the Branch, and the administration fees shall be paid before the last day of the month following the payment period:
1. A photocopy of the operator’s sales and tax declaration submitted to the revenue service office for the current period. However, this may be waived for those unable to get the operator’s sales and tax declaration.
2. Details of the receipts. However, this may be waived for those who have listed the amount clearly in the operator’s sales and tax declaration.
3. A photocopy of the documents certifying the fulfillment of the withholding items. However, this may be waived for sales returns and discounted disposal and income from the sales of fixed assets outside the scope of business if the amount has been clearly listed in the declaration.
4. Other certificates and documents required by the Bureau or the Branch for the need to review declared materials.
In the event that administration fees of businesses in the TIP are charged pursuant to the floor area of the building, the businesses shall pay monthly administration fees before the last day of the month following the end of each payment period.
Other businesses with a sales or contact office in the TIP, apart from public and private enterprises that have obtained approval to invest in and construct, lease or sell a building in the TIP, shall pay administration fees before the last day of the month following the end of each payment period.
Businesses in the TIP may, prior to the deadline specified in the foregoing three paragraphs, apply to the Bureau or the Branch for extension due to justifiable reasons. The period of extension shall be no longer than ten days. The deadline may be extended once only in a year.
Article 8-1
In case of manufacture or use of products and technologies developed by businesses in the TIP for their head office, branch office, or others, or transfer of commodities and labor service between businesses in the TIP and their head office or branch office, and if the amount is not included in the Business Entity Sales and Income Tax Return, another detailed report, contracts, or other relevant documents shall be submitted.
Electronic documents may be used for the declaration of the sales turnover and administration fees in the first paragraph of the foregoing article and the foregoing paragraph.
Article 9
In case of manufacture or use of products and technologies developed by businesses in the TIP for their head office, branch office, or others, or transfer of commodities and labor service between businesses in the TIP and their head office or branch office, and if the amount is not included in the Business Entity Sales and Income Tax Return, another detailed report, contracts, or other relevant documents shall be submitted.
Electronic documents may be used for the declaration of the sales turnover and administration fees in the first paragraph of the foregoing article and the foregoing paragraph.
Article 10
In cases of mistakes in the declaration of industrial classification, businesses in the TIP shall apply to the Bureau or the Branch for modification with certificates issued by certified public accountants or other documents or materials that may serve as proof prior to the closing of the last payment period (end of next January) of the current year. Delayed applications will not be accepted.
In the event of changes in the amount of administration fees resulting from changes of industrial classification, adjustments may be made in the sales turnover declared in the current year, and additional administration fees shall be paid or refunded after the closing of the last payment period of the current year.
Article 11
Businesses in the TIP may stop paying the administration fees from the month when the company dismissal registration, revocation or annulment of company registration, or removal from the TIP is approved, or when all of the land and building lease agreements are terminated.
Businesses with a sales or contact office in the TIP may stop paying the administration fees from the month when they wind up their operation in the TIP, when their business registration in the TIP is revoked or annulled, or when the land and building lease agreements are terminated.
Businesses operating in the TIP which record zero sales turnovers due to force majeure or compliance with the policy of the park may apply to the Bureau or the Branch for waiver of administration fees by attaching the relevant documents. However, no refund of administration fees that have already been paid will be made.
Businesses ceasing operation in the TIP may apply for the waiver of administration fees to the Bureau or the Branch one time within the term of one year. For businesses that have been approved of waiver of administration fees by January 1, 2016, the payment of administration fees should resume immediately from the month upon the expiration of the approved term.
The waiver of administration fees in the foregoing two paragraphs should be canceled, and payment of administration fees should resume immediately from the month of resumption of operation or when it begins to have record of sales, or upon the expiration of waiver of administration fees with the approval of the cessation of operation.
Article 12
Sales returns and discounted disposal, payments or receipts on behalf of others, mistaken invoices, income from the sales of fixed assets outside the scope of business, income from scraps and residues, income from financing loans, rental income within six months and rental income from assets outside the TIP included in the sales turnovers declared by businesses in the TIP may be excluded from the calculation of administration fees if sufficient supporting documents are attached.
For payments or receipts on behalf of others included in the sales turnovers mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, exemption should be processed in each payment period. At the end of the year when the company prepares the final accounts and makes a declaration, the amount that appears in the CPA-verified annual final accounts should be submitted to the Bureau or the Branch for future reference. At the same time, application for supplemental payment or refund of administration fees should be made to the Bureau or the Branch with the verified amount as audited by an accountant.
Article 13
In each of one of the following situations, sales turnover declared by businesses in the TIP may be excluded from the calculation of administration fees:
1. The part of purchasing of goods made at the head office, branch office or affiliated companies in the TIP.
2. The part of commissioned processing entrusted to the head office, branch office or affiliated companies in the TIP.
Exemption of the aforesaid exclusions from the calculation of administration fees should be processed in each payment period. At the end of a year when the company prepares the final accounts and makes a declaration, the amount that appears in the CPA-verified annual final accounts should be submitted to the Bureau or the Branch for future reference. At the same time, application for supplemental payment or refund of administration fees should be made to the Bureau or the Branch with the verified amount as audited by an accountant.
Article 14
The charging standards of procedural fees are as follows:
1. Procedural fee for permission and registration of a factory’s establishment: various fees are charged according to the charging standards for applying for permission and registration of a factory’s establishment.
2. Procedural fee for chattel-loan transaction registration: various fees are charged pursuant to the Enforcement Rules of the Personal Property Secured Transactions Act.
3. Fee for electrician registration: according to the electricity industry’s charging standard.
4. Construction or miscellaneous license fee: on the basis of 1/1,000 of the construction price of the building.
5. Fee for issuance of country of origin certificate: charged according to the Regulations Governing Issuance of Certificates of Origin and Certificates of Processing.
6. Fee for application for permission to erect billboard advertisements: for those fixed on the wall of a building covering an area less than 1.2 square meter, NT$100 per incident; for those covering an area greater than 1.2 square meter, NT$1,000 per incident.
7. Fee for sales or contact office registration: NT$200 per incident.
8. Auditing fee for new or altered business waste disposal proposal: charged according to the charging standard of the auditing fee for business waste disposal proposal.
9. Auditing fee or certificate fee for application of issuance, replacement or re-issuance of a permit for the installation, alteration or operation of fixed pollution sources: a certificate fee is charged according to the charging standard of procedural fees for air pollution control of fixed pollution sources.
10. Procedural fee for company registration: relevant fees are charged pursuant to the Regulations Governing Collection of Company Registration Fees.
Article 15
Items and charging standards of service fees are as follows:
1. Fee for providing certification service outside office hours: NT$200 per hour, for at least one hour even if less than one hour is spent; there is a minimum charge for four hours on holidays.
2. Other approved items of service fees: paperwork charge for entry/exit permit, parking fee, short-term venue maintenance fee, long-term venue maintenance fee, medical insurance fee, industrial water supply maintenance fee, sewage system usage fee, and other service fees are charged according to the standard approved by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Article 16
All fees stipulated in this Standard shall be paid within the deadline as listed on the respective payment slips.
Article 17
Collection of all fees stipulated in this Standard shall be processed according to the budgeting procedure.
Article 18
These Standards come into force on the date of promulgation.