March 4, 2018

More than 10 tax victims revealed the tax violence they had encountered. A small and medium enterprise owner, Mr. Yan, accused his tax bill of “bidding” from 200,000 to 2 million, which led to his closure of operations in Taiwan. Jhonghe Village Chief revealed that one of his villagers committed suicide because of tax injustice. The village chiefs and the representatives around Taiwan came here to plead the cause and to appeal the government to implement tax reform.

Professor Wei Zai-cong put forward a lot of statistics to expose the lies of the Ministry of Finance, and pointed that the seriously-abused public power led to enterprises evacuation, foreign capital fleeing and brain drain in Taiwan, disclosing the numerous insider of Taiwan’s financial and tax manipulation.

Retired professor of National Taiwan University of Law, Chen Chih-Lung encouraged people to be brave and expel the corrupt officials. Financial officials have no sense of human rights or correct tax concept are Tax Gang. Based on statistics, more than 500 billion NT dollars have been over levied in the latest four years. Taiwan has become poorer and poorer but can be over levied. Why? Because tax officials have 130 million tax bonus annually to receive; the higher the rank the more bonus to get. Chen Chih-Lung called for normal tax levy and paying taxes according to law.

Former county mayor of southern Taiwan, Su Huan-zhi called for the court approval of taxation. Unreasonable tax bill should be approved by the court. Criminal cases have eight years of proper trial; tax laws should also be compared to. If a tax case is no longer valid after five years, the Ministry of Finance should not pursue tax.