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Chapter: Cultural Issues

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b1	45	How to Deal with Chinese Suppliers and Manufacturers ➮	Ezinearticles, International Business

 

Chapter: Finding Employees, Salaries and Wages

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b2	51	PCMan X ➮	Sourcefourge
b3	55	Enspyre Internship Facebook ➮	Enspyre
b4	58	Online Salary Database (time period and industry) ➮	Taiwan Government
b5	58	Salary based on Industry (Chinese) ➮	104 Human Resource Bank
b6	59	Salary Inquiry based on Industry and Location (Chinese) ➮	yes123 Human Resource Bank

 

Chapter: Renting An Office

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b7	80	Listings of Houses and Shops for Sale and Lease (Chinese) ➮	Kijiji奇集集

 

Chapter: Resources

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b9	96	The Handy Guide for Foreigners in Taiwan ➮	Executive Yuan

 

Chapter: How to Finance Your Business

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b10	105	Loans for Foreigners ➮	Bank of Taiwan
b11	109	Meet Startup 創業小聚 Facebook ➮	Business Next
b12	110	Demo Day ➮	AppWorks Ventures

 

Chapter: Government Grants and Subsidies

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b13	117	Taipei City Subsidy Projects ➮	Taipei City Government

 

Chapter: Money and Invoices

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b14 b15	129 130	Tax Portal local contact details and locations (Chinese) ➮	Ministry of Finance
b16	132	Company Registry Search Engine (Chinese) ➮	Ministry of Economic Affairs

 

Chapter: Lawyer & Legal Assistance

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b19	156	Taiwan Laws, Regulations, and Treaties Database ➮	Ministry of Justice
b20	157	The Legal Aid Foundation List of contact details of local bar associations and university-affiliated legal services (Chinese) ➮	The Legal Aid Foundation Ministry of Justice

 

Chapter: Visa, ARC & Work Permits

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b21	160	Employment Services Act ➮	Ministry of Justice
b23	166	Applying for visitor visas: A list of designated countries and procedures ➮	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
b24	170	How to apply APRC ➮	National Immigration Agency
b67	162	Qualifications and Criteria Standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 46.1.1 to 46.1.6 of the Employment Service Act ➮	Laws and Regulations of the R.O.C.

 

Chapter: Employment Laws

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b25	172	Labor Standards Act ➮	Ministry of Labor

 

Chapter: Insurance and Pension

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b64	181	Salary Bracket ➮	Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor
b26	181	Ordinary Labor and Employment Insurance (download tables at the bottom) ➮	Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor
b27	181	Accidental Labor Insurance Premium ➮	Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor
b28	182	Health Insurance Premium Contribution and Table ➮	National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
b29	184	Application forms for Health Insurance (Chinese) ➮	National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
b30	185	Contact details of a list of BLI offices ➮	Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor
b31	188	See b27
b50	198	2nd Generation Health Insurance FAQs	National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
b51	198	NHI enrollment for international residents ➮	National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
b52	206	How to set up a Pension Supervising Committee (Chinese) ➮	Department of Law, Taipei City Government

 

Chapter: Trademark

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b33 b34	208 210	Trademark Search Engine (Chinese) ➮ Trademark Search Engine (English) ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs
b35	210	Trademark FAQs ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs
b36	210	Trademark Act ➮	Ministry of Justice
b37	210	Enforcement Rules of Trademark Act ➮	Ministry of Justice
b38	211	List of trademark agents ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs
b39	211	Trademark Application Forms (Chinese) ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs

 

Chapter: Patent

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b40	218	List of registered patent attorneys ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs

 

Chapter: Business Registration Processes

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b46	233	List of certified notary according to judicial districts (Chinese) ➮	Judicial Yuan
b47 b48	236	A list of Business Item and information (Chinese) ➮	Ministry of Economic Affairs
b49	237	Business Items Search Engine (Chinese) ➮	Ministry of Economic Affairs
b50	239	Company Registration Information (Chinese) ➮	Commerce Industrial Services Portal
b51	239	Company Registration online application portal (Chinese) ➮	Commerce Industrial Services Portal
b52	245	Company Act  ➮	Ministry of Justice
b53	253	Special Industry Permission ➮	Ministry of Economic Affairs
b65	259	See b51

 

Chapter: Exit Strategies

Code	Page	Doc Name/Link	Source
b41	271	Kijiji Ads space ➮	Kijiji奇集集
b42	272	104 Ads space ➮	104 Human Resources Bank
b43	272	Webmasterclub	Webmasterclub
b44	277	Bankruptcy information (Chinese) ➮	Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
b45	280	IPO Rules ➮	The Taiwan Stock Exchange

 

 

Footnotes from the book

Chapter: Why Start a Business in Taiwan?

Code	Page	Link	Source
a1	23	Link no longer available	National Science Council, Taiwan

 

Chapter: The Value of Foreign Entrepreneurs

Code	Page	Link	Source
a2	26	Immigrant, Inc. ➮	Amazon.com
a3	26	How did Youtube get started? ➮	Wiki Answers
a4	28	Acedamia Sinica ➮	Acedemia Sinica

 

Chapter: Getting Started

Code	Page	Link	Source
a5	32	Negative list for investment by foreigners ➮	Investment Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs

 

Chapter: Finding Employees, Salaries, and Wages

Code	Page	Link	Source
a6	57	Average salary search engine based on industries (Chinese) ➮	National Statistics

 

Chapter: Marketing in Taiwan

Code	Page	Link	Source
a7	70	Digital Media in Taiwan ➮	Wikipedia
a8	70	Taiwan Search Engine Market Share	StatsMonkey
a9	71	Facebook penetration in selected Asia Pacific countries	Statista
a11	71 72	Lead Generation and Internet Marketing in Taiwan ➮	MVF Global Customer Acquisition

 

Chapter: Buying an Office

Code	Page	Link	Source
a12	87	Real Estate Broker Management ➮	Department of Land Administration, Ministry of the Interior

 

Chapter: How to Finance Your Business

Code	Page	Link	Source
a13	112	Elaboration on ‘Funds act’ (Chinese) ➮	台灣法律網

 

Chapter: Money and Invoices

Code	Page	Link	Source
a14	127	Value-added and Non-value-added Business Tax Act ➮	Laws and Regulations Database of the R.O.C.
a15	134	Types of Fapiao	eTax Portal, Ministry of Finance
a16	139	How to apply for a Payment Order (Chinese) ➮	Taiwan New Taipei District Court
a17	139	Taiwan Arbitration Law FAQs ➮ The Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei ➮	HG.org The Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei

 

Chapter: Banking in Taiwan

Code	Page	Link	Source
a18	138	Applying for a Uniform ID Number ➮	National Immigration Agency
a19	143	Check FAQs ➮	Rian Cheng Internet Law Center法律資料庫

 

Chapter: Legal Issues in Taiwan

Code	Page	Link	Source
a20	146	The Legal System of Taiwan ➮	Columbus School of Law, The Cathlic University of America
a21	146	Link no longer available
a22	147	Taiwan Code of Civil Procedure ➮	The Judicial Yuan of the R.O.C.
a23	148	Link no longer available
a24	149	Taiwan Litigation Guide ➮	Asia Law Profiles

 

Chapter Visa, ARC & Work Permits:

Code	Page	Link	Source
a25	161	Ministry of Labor ➮	Ministry of Labor
a26 a27	164 165	Foreign Professionals Work Permit FAQs (Chinese) ➮	Department of Investment Services, Ministry of Economic Affairs
a28 a29	168 169	ARC Aplication Form ➮ ARC Application Process and Information ➮	National Immigration Agency

 

Chapter: Insurance and Pension

Code	Page	Link	Source
a30	187	Labor Insurance Premium Rate (Chinese) ➮	Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor
a31 a32	192	Link no longer available

 

Chapter: Corporate Tax

Code	Page	Link	Source
a33 a34	197 198	Corporate Income Tax ➮ Tax Rate (Chinese) ➮	Invest in Taiwan
a35	200	Link no longer avaliable

 

Chapter: Individual Income Tax

Code	Page	Link	Source
a36	201	Foreigner Individual Income Tax FAQs ➮	National Kaosiung Normal University
a37 a38	203 205	Individual Income Tax Rate ➮ Alternative Minimum Tax ➮	Invest in Taiwan

 

Chapter: Trademarks

Code	Page	Link	Source
a39	211	Link no longer available

 

Chapter: Patents

Code	Page	Link	Source
a40	215	Patent FAQs ➮	Taiwan Tech
a41	216	Patent Application Information and Forms (Chinese) ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs
a42	218	Patent Fees Table (Chinese) ➮	Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs

 

Chapter: Business Registration Process

Code	Page	Link	Source
a44	233	Table: Notarization Fees based on a mandatory sliding scale (Chinese) ➮	Judicial Yuan
a45	234	Authentication of Documents ➮	Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
a46	243	Company Act ➮	Laws and Regulations Database of R.O.C., Ministry of Justice
a47	247	Representative Office Registration Flowchart and Documents needed ➮	Invest in Taiwan
a48	249	Branch Office Registration Flowchart and Documents needed ➮	Invest in Taiwan
a49	250	Regulations for hiring a foreign employee for a branch office ➮	Winkler Partners博仲
a50	250	No longer available