Personal Tax Exempt Amount Now Raised to NT$20,000
From the specified day, the tax on baggage carried into the country by travelers is relaxed. Originally, customs stipulated a limit for several more valuable items (such as cameras or binoculars). Hereafter, theseitems only require that the traveler personally have carried these items while abroad and that they already have been used, and that the singleunit price not exceed NT$10,000. These can be brought in tax free. Further, customs originally stipulated that all baggage brought in by travelers could have NT$10,000 tax exempt; this figure has been raised to NT$20,000.
The Ministry of Finance has approved amending the "Tax Inspection Methods for Things Carried by Incoming Travelers," relaxing the tax stipulations. The relatively important new stipulations are:
Article 9: For travelers carrying things for personal or family use, besides the tax exemptions of the Customs Tax Law and the Customs ImportTax Principles, the scope of products which can be brought in tax free is as follows: (1) For alcohol: one bottle of one liter or less or ten small bottles (each of one-tenth of a liter or less); for tobacco products: 200 cigarettes, or 25 cigars, or one pound of tobacco (limited to travelers twenty years of age or over); (2) Small amounts of canned or foodproducts or fruit (limited to areas free of disease); (3) For things which are not prohibited or controlled for import: if the traveler had personally carried them while abroad, and they have already been used, and the type and amount are reasonable, and the total unit or set price is under NT$10,000, and they are not for sale or carried in for others, following approval by customs inspection, these are also permitted tax free.
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