Agent skill

Tw Tax Basics

by asgard-ai-platform in asgard-ai-platform/skills

Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Tw Tax Basics

skills CLI
$ npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill tw-tax-basics -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills tw-tax-basics --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/tw-tax-basics .claude/skills/tw-tax-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tw-tax-basics
GitHub stars
242
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
403 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
207
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives.

  • The user needs to understand Taiwan tax obligations
  • SKILL.md covers Framework, Output Format, Gotchas and References
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Calculate tax liability

What it does

Tw Tax Basics is an agent skill from asgard-ai-platform/skills. Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives. Use this skill when the user needs to understand Taiwan tax obligations, calculate tax liability, file taxes, or plan for tax efficiency — even if they say 'how much tax do we owe', 'what's the corporate tax rate in Taiwan', 'tax filing deadlines', or 'are there startup tax breaks'.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `examples/sample_scenario.md` and `references/cit-deductions.md`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Tax preparation. The repository describes itself as: 301 open-source coding agent skills across 22 domains — methodology, judgment & gotchas packaged as Claude Agent Skills for the Asgard AI Platform. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user needs to understand Taiwan tax obligations
  • Calculate tax liability
  • Plan for tax efficiency — even if they say how much tax do we owe
  • Whats the corporate tax rate in Taiwan

Example prompts

  • “how much tax do we owe”
  • “s the corporate tax rate in Taiwan”
  • “tax filing deadlines”
  • “/tw-tax-basics”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4e7f4f8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tw Tax Basics loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 403 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from asgard-ai-platform/skills at commit 4e7f4f8, republished under its MIT licence (© asgard-ai-platform). 403 words, ~1,251 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tw-tax-basics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
tw-tax-basics
description
Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives. Use this skill when the user needs to understand Taiwan tax obligations, calculate tax liability, file taxes, or plan for tax efficiency — even if they say 'how much tax do we owe', 'what's the corporate tax rate in Taiwan', 'tax filing deadlines', or 'are there startup tax breaks'.
metadata.category
WP-05 台灣創業
metadata.tags
taiwan, tax, corporate-tax, startup

Taiwan Tax Basics

Framework

IRON LAW: Three Taxes Every Taiwan Business Must Know

1. 營業稅 (Business Tax / VAT): 5% on sales, filed bimonthly
2. 營利事業所得稅 (Corporate Income Tax): 20% on profit, filed annually
3. 扣繳 (Withholding Tax): Withheld at source on payments to individuals/foreigners

Missing any filing deadline triggers penalties. Set up calendar reminders
for ALL filing dates at company registration.
Tax Calendar
TaxRateFiling FrequencyDeadline
營業稅 (VAT)5%Bimonthly15th of following odd month (Jan 15, Mar 15, May 15...)
營所稅 (CIT)20%AnnualMay 1-31 (for prior year)
暫繳 (Interim CIT)50% of prior yearAnnualSeptember 1-30
扣繳 (Withholding)VariesMonthly + annual10th of following month; annual filing by Jan 31
個人綜所稅Progressive 5-40%AnnualMay 1-31
Corporate Income Tax (營所稅)
Taxable Income = Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Non-operating Deductions
Tax = Taxable Income × 20%

Special cases:
- Taxable income ≤ NT$120,000: tax-free
- NT$120,001 ~ NT$500,000: half rate applied on amount exceeding $120K
- > NT$500,000: full 20% rate

Common deductions:

  • Employee salaries and benefits
  • Rent, utilities, office expenses
  • Depreciation on fixed assets
  • R&D expenses (additional 200% deduction under 產創條例)
  • Bad debt (with proper documentation)
Business Tax (營業稅 / VAT)
TransactionVAT Treatment
Domestic salesCharge 5% → collect from buyer → remit to government
Domestic purchasesPay 5% → claim as input tax credit
Export salesZero-rated (0%) — can still claim input credits
Import purchasesPay 5% at customs → claim as input credit

Filing: Net VAT = Output tax (collected) - Input tax (paid). If negative (more input than output), get a refund.

Withholding Tax (扣繳)
Payment TypeResident RateNon-Resident Rate
Salary5% (if monthly > certain threshold)6-18%
Professional service fees10%20%
Rent10%20%
DividendsIncluded in personal income21%
Royalties10%20%
Interest10%20%
Startup Tax Incentives
IncentiveWhat It DoesWho Qualifies
產創條例 R&D 投資抵減15% of R&D spend as tax credit (or 10% over 3 years)Companies with qualifying R&D activities
天使投資人減稅Individual investors can deduct up to NT$3M from incomeInvestment in startups < 2 years old, held 2+ years
員工認股權 (ESOP)Deferred taxation on stock options until exerciseCompanies issuing employee stock options
營所稅 小規模免稅Taxable income ≤ NT$120K exemptVery small businesses
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Output Format

markdown
# Taiwan Tax Assessment: {Company}

## Tax Obligations
| Tax | Applicable? | Rate | Next Filing |
|-----|-----------|------|------------|
| 營業稅 | Y/N | 5% | {date} |
| 營所稅 | Y/N | 20% | {date} |
| 扣繳 | Y/N | varies | {date} |

## Estimated Tax Liability
| Tax | Estimated Amount | Notes |
|-----|-----------------|-------|
| 營業稅 (net) | NT${X}/bimonth | Output - Input |
| 營所稅 | NT${X}/year | Revenue - Expenses × 20% |

## Available Incentives
| Incentive | Eligible? | Estimated Benefit |
|-----------|----------|------------------|
| {incentive} | Y/N | NT${X} |

## Action Items
1. {immediate tax action needed}

Gotchas

  • 營業稅 and 營所稅 are different taxes: 營業稅 is VAT on transactions (5%). 營所稅 is corporate income tax on profit (20%). Both are required. Don't confuse them.
  • Input VAT requires 統一發票: You can only claim input tax credits with proper 統一發票 (uniform invoice). Receipts (收據) from non-registered vendors don't count.
  • Foreign service payments: Paying a foreign SaaS provider (AWS, Google, etc.)? You must withhold 20% tax and report it, unless a tax treaty applies. Many startups miss this.
  • Transfer pricing for cross-border: If you have related-party transactions with overseas entities, transfer pricing rules apply. Document arm's-length pricing.
  • This is educational guidance, not tax advice: Taiwan tax law is amended frequently. Consult a licensed CPA (會計師) for specific tax situations and filings.

References

  • For e-invoice system, see the tw-einvoice-guide skill
  • For detailed CIT deduction rules, see references/cit-deductions.md

© asgard-ai-platform, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in tw-tax-basics of asgard-ai-platform/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/sample_scenario.md
  • references/cit-deductions.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4e7f4f8

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Questions about Tw Tax Basics

What does Tw Tax Basics do?

Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives. Tw Tax Basics is an agent skill from asgard-ai-platform/skills. Navigate Taiwan's tax system including corporate income tax (營所稅), business tax (營業稅), personal income tax, withholding obligations, and startup tax incentives.

When should I use Tw Tax Basics?

Tw Tax Basics fits situations like: the user needs to understand Taiwan tax obligations; calculate tax liability; plan for tax efficiency — even if they say how much tax do we owe; whats the corporate tax rate in Taiwan.

How do I install Tw Tax Basics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill tw-tax-basics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (tw-tax-basics in asgard-ai-platform/skills) into .claude/skills/tw-tax-basics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tw Tax Basics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill tw-tax-basics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (tw-tax-basics in asgard-ai-platform/skills) into .agents/skills/tw-tax-basics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tw Tax Basics in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill tw-tax-basics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tw-tax-basics, .gemini/skills/tw-tax-basics, .github/skills/tw-tax-basics and .opencode/skills/tw-tax-basics in your project.

What does Tw Tax Basics need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tw Tax Basics is instructions for the agent only.

Does Tw Tax Basics access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tw Tax Basics safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tw Tax Basics use?

Tw Tax Basics is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tw Tax Basics use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Tw Tax Basics?

asgard-ai-platform (a GitHub organization) maintains it in asgard-ai-platform/skills, which has 242 GitHub stars. The repository holds 207 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 6, 2026.

Source: asgard-ai-platform/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.