TW Value added tax

Invoicing in Taiwan

A business registered in Taiwan charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨5%⁩, invoices in ⁨TWD⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Taiwan. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Taiwan once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

Invoicing in Taiwan is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

Crear tu primera factura A worked example in Taiwan

Tax in Taiwan

VAT 5%

Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Document types recognised in Taiwan

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Taiwan, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

Presupuesto

Una oferta con precio. No es un documento fiscal y no se registra en tus libros hasta que se acepta.

Factura pro forma

Una solicitud de pago. No autoriza al cliente a deducir impuestos.

Factura fiscal

El documento fiscal en sí. Se bloquea una vez expedido.

Recibo-factura

Factura y pago en un documento, para cuando recibas pago al contado.

Recibo

Confirma dinero recibido contra una factura.

Nota de crédito

La única forma legal de cancelar o reducir un documento ya expedido.

Albarán

Bienes entregados sin cobro.

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Taiwan the identifier is labelled VAT number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

No structural check is applied for Taiwan: the format is accepted as entered, because a wrong rule that rejects a valid number is worse than no rule.

Numbering

Documents in Taiwan are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Taiwan writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date: 2026/09/21
Amount: NT$12,345.67
Currency: TWD
Minor units: 2

⁨TWD⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

A worked example in Taiwan

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Taiwan registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

Presupuesto Factura pro forma Factura fiscal Recibo-factura Recibo Nota de crédito

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Taiwan

Factura fiscal

Nº 2026-0042

2026/09/21

Facturar a Riverbank Coffee

Descripción	Cant.	Precio unitario	Total
Trabajo de diseño	12	NT$45.00	NT$540.00
Guía de marca	1	NT$380.00	NT$380.00
Retención de soporte	3	NT$60.00	NT$180.00

Total neto NT$1,100.00

VAT 5% NT$55.00

Total NT$1,155.00

Invoicing in Taiwan — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Taiwan?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Taiwan is ⁨5%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Taiwan?

The document set recognised in Taiwan is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Factura fiscal, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Taiwan?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Taiwan as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Taiwan is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Issue your first Taiwan document

Choose Taiwan once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses Crear tu primera factura

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Taiwan. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Taiwan law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.