Tax filing deadline for personal and business returns extended to June 30Staff writer, with CNAThe deadline for filing tax returns for last year and making payments has been extended by a month, to June 30, in part to prevent crowding at National Taxation Bureau offices amid a COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. Hsinchu City Tax Bureau employees, left, check tax documents from behind a plastic partition in Hsinchu City on Wednesday. However, the June 30 deadline does not apply to property taxes, which people are encouraged to pay online after receiving their bill from the tax bureau, the ministry said. As of Sunday, more than 2 million people, or about 30 percent of the nation’s taxpayers, had filed their returns, ministry data showed. Last year, the ministry also extended the tax deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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