COVID-19: Upfront fee for vouchers might be done away withBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Executive Yuan yesterday signaled that it might do away with an upfront payment in its planned quintuple stimulus voucher program, as differentiating between who would qualify to have the NT$1,000 buy-in waived might cost too much to administer. Envelopes of Triple Stimulus Vouchers from a program last year are pictured in an undated photograph. Moreover, determining who is eligible to have the fee waived becomes more complicated with each condition, leading to enormous administrative costs, Su said. Last year, an upfront payment of NT$1,000 was exchanged for NT$3,000 of vouchers. The quintuple stimulus voucher program plan is for NT$5,000 of vouchers.

Source: Taipei Times August 13, 2021 15:56 UTC