Chapter 6 Supplementary Provisions
Article 121
The enforcement rules of this Act, the tabulation of minimum estimated service life in years of fixed assets, and the tabulation of depletion rates of assets subject to depletion shall be prescribed by the MOF.
Article 122
Except as otherwise provided by law, all forms of applications, registrations, books and certificates herein specified shall be prescribed by the MOF.
Article 123
The term "the prevailing bank interest rate" shall refer to the fixed interest rate of postal savings for a one-year time deposit.
Article 124
Where there are special provisions in income tax agreements signed by the Republic of China with a foreign country, such special provisions shall prevail.
Article 125-1
A worker who was employed by an employer to do work, received wages and paid taxes on the pension, retirement pay, severance pay, and old-age pension not covered by insurance benefits received by him/her after Aug 1, 1984 and before amendment and implementation of this Act, may apply for a refund of overpaid tax within five years after amendment and implementation of this Act and shall not apply for such refund again if he/she failed to apply for it within the time limit. The refundable amount of tax approved by the concerned tax authority shall be refunded together with interest accrued thereon calculated on a daily basis for the period from the date of payment thereof by the taxpayer to the date of issuance of a national treasury check for the refunded amount at the fixed interest rate of postal savings for a one-year time deposit on the day when the refundable amount was paid.
A tax refund based on provisions in the preceding paragraph that is paid within five years before amendment and implementation of this Act shall be applied for by the taxpayer concerned; however, if said five-year period is exceeded, the taxpayer shall submit concrete supporting evidence when filing an application.
Article 125-2
The tax revenue from the income tax referred to in Articles 14-4 through 14-8 and Article 24-5 of this Act, after deducting the redistribution from the central government to the local governments, shall be used for expenditures of housing policy and long-term social care services, in accordance with budgetary procedures. Regulations for distribution and use of the tax revenue shall be prescribed by the MOF in conjunction with the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Article 126
This Act shall come into force from the date of promulgation; however, Article 17 amended and promulgated on December 28, 2005 shall come into force on January 1, 2005; Category 9, Paragraph 1 of Article 14 amended and promulgated on January 2, 2008 shall come into force on January 1, 2008; Article 17 amended and promulgated on December 26, 2008 shall come into force on January 1, 2008; Paragraph 2 of Article 5 amended and promulgated on May 27, 2009 and Paragraph 5 of the same article amended and promulgated on June 15, 2010 shall come into force in fiscal year 2010; Subparagraphs 1 and 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 4, and Item 4, Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 of Article 17 amended and promulgated on January 19, 2011 shall come into force on January 1, 2012; the articles amended and promulgated on August 8, 2012 shall come into force on January 1, 2013; the articles amended and promulgated on June 24, 2015 shall come into force on January 1, 2016; the articles amended and promulgated on December 2, 2015 shall come into force on January 1, 2016; the articles amended and promulgated on July 24, 2019 shall come into force on January 1, 2019; and the articles amended and promulgated on April 28, 2021 shall come into force on July 1, 2021.
The effective date of the articles of this Act promulgated on June 13, 2001, January 8, 2014, and July 27, 2016, and the articles amended on July 15, 2024 shall be decided by the Executive Yuan. The articles amended and promulgated on June 4, 2014 shall come into force in fiscal year 2015, with the exception that Articles 66-4, 66-6, and 73-2 shall come into force on January 1, 2015.
The articles of this Act amended and promulgated on February 7, 2018 shall come into force on January 1, 2018; however, Article 5, Article 66-9, Article 71, Article 75, Article 79, Article 108, and Article 110 shall come into force in fiscal year 2018, and Article 73-2 shall come into force from January 1, 2019.