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Investment Incentives
• Provisions of the Company Law requiring that cash capitalization increases retain a certain
proportion of shares for purchase by company employees do not apply to investments which
account for more than 45% of the total capital.
• Where an invested enterprise is organized as a company under the Company Law, an investor
thereof who serves as a supervisor may be exempt from the restrictions on his/her domicile in
Taiwan.
Protection of Rights
• Except as otherwise provided for in other laws, an enterprise in which the investor has invested shall
be accorded the same rights and obligations to which an enterprise operated by local nationals is
entitled.

Investment Application Procedures

¾ Set up Company (Business Enterprise or Limited Partnership)

Checking the Company (Business Enterprise or Limited Partnership) Name
• Investors should first select a Chinese name for the company (business enterprise or limited
partnership) that they will be setting up in Taiwan. Applications to set up companies or limited
partnerships should be filed with the Administration of Commerce of the MOEA. The name and
business scope of the company or limited partnership will be reserved for six months from the
date that the application is approved. If setting up a business (whether sole proprietorship or a
partnership), the company name and business scope pre-check application must be filed with
the local municipal or county government where the business will be established.
Permission for Investment
• Investors must submit investment permit applications and related documents to the Department
of Investment Review (Address: 8th Floor, No. 7, Section 1, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City, Tel:
02-3343-5700). If the company being set up is located in a technology industrial park or science
park, the investor should apply directly to the administrative office in charge of that park.
Approval of Investment Amount
• For investors making inward remittances of foreign currencies, investment funds may be remitted
from abroad after the investment is approved. When the remittance is settled in New Taiwan
Dollars, the original license document should be submitted to the domestic bank for processing.
Then approval of the investment amount must be authorized by the authority which approved the
investment according to the paragraph above.

Registration of a Company (Business Enterprise or Limited Partnership)
• If the company being established has a paid-in capital of NT$500 million or more, the investor
should apply to the Administration of Commerce of the MOEA for company registration. If
paid-in capital is less than NT$500 million, the investor should apply to the local municipality
government or the Nantou Office of the Administration of Commerce of the MOEA, depending
on their location. If the company being set up is located in a science and technology industrial
park, science park, agricultural park, or free trade zone, the investor should apply directly to the
administrative office in charge of that zone or park.
• Parties applying for business registration should apply with their local county, municipal or city
government office.
• Applications for limited partnership companies should be registered with the Administration of
Commerce of the MOEA.
• Taiwan has cancelled the minimum investment limit for company registration. Apart from some
select industries, a company can be established as long as the investment is sufficient to cover
reasonable expected costs.

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