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Taiwan – Exempt GUI Issuance for Giving Free Merchandise

Exempt GUI Issuance for Giving Free Merchandise ​

Exempt GUI Issuance for Giving Free Merchandise

When a company gives free merchandise without getting paid, the transaction should be treated as sales of goods and issue GUI (Value-added and Non-value-added Business Tax Act). However, in order to simplify the process, some transactions could exempt from issuance GUI: 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Receiver 

 
 
 
 
 

Description 

 
 
 
 
 

GUI Issuance  

 
 
 
 
 

Consumer/Buyer 

 
 
 
 
  • give away samples,  

  • lucky draw prizes,  

  • give away samples with sales,  

  • free replacement parts for after-sales service mentioned in the contract 

 
 
 
 

Exempt 

 
 
 
 
 

Government 

 
 
 
 
  • Assist in national defense construction and the military.  

  • donations to the government. 

(When purchasing goods, it was decided to give them free to government) 

 
 
 
 

Exempt 

 
 
 
 
 

Employee 

 
 
 
 

When purchasing goods, it was decided to give them as gifts to employees, and the purchase tax was not declared to offset sales tax. 

 
 
 
 

Exempt