Global Payroll Services in Taiwan

Already have a Taiwan entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Taiwan payroll partner who keeps income tax, the three statutory insurance schemes, and the Labor Pension contribution exactly right, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Taiwan involves

If you already employ people through your own Taiwan entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month: income tax to the tax authority, Labor Insurance and Employment Insurance to the Bureau of Labor Insurance, National Health Insurance to the National Health Insurance Administration, and the Labor Pension contribution to the employee’s individual account, four separate filings rather than one. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep every filing correct and on time.

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You stay the employer

You stay the legal employer of your Taiwan staff. The payroll partner runs the monthly mechanics; you keep the employment relationship.

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Accurate every cycle

Income tax, Labor Insurance, Employment Insurance, National Health Insurance, and the Labor Pension contribution calculated and withheld correctly, payslips issued, and statutory filings made to the Bureau of Labor Insurance, the National Health Insurance Administration, and the tax authority on schedule, every month.

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Multi-country consolidation

Run payroll across several markets under one partner and one process, rather than a different vendor and standard in every country.

How managed Taiwan payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and where you employ people, place you with the right vetted Taiwan payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

Income tax, Labor Insurance, Employment Insurance, National Health Insurance, and the Labor Pension contribution configured correctly to current Taiwan rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, income tax and all three insurance schemes withheld, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Statutory filings to the Bureau of Labor Insurance, the National Health Insurance Administration, and the tax authority made on time, with annual reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Taiwan costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Taiwan’s employer burden is predictable but split across three insurance schemes and a pension contribution; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where mistakes are visible and penalised.

Employer contributions across three schemes

Labor Insurance and Employment Insurance calculated to the NT$45,800/month cap, National Health Insurance calculated to the separate NT$313,000/month cap, and the Labor Pension contribution calculated to a third, NT$150,000/month cap, configured correctly every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

NT$29,500 per month (NT$196 per hour) for 2026, one national rate with no regional variation to track, reviewed annually by the Ministry of Labor.

Income tax (employee)

5% to 40% across five progressive bands, calculated and filed correctly on every payslip.

Payroll partner fee

A transparent per-employee or per-payslip fee. We benchmark across our vetted network, typically 15 to 25% below going direct.

Why run it through Bradford Jacobs

One partner, many countries

If you run payroll across several markets, we consolidate it through vetted partners under one point of contact, not a different vendor and a different standard in every country.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners only
  • On your side at renewal

Pricing you can’t get direct

Taiwan runs three separate mandatory insurance schemes plus a mandatory pension contribution, and getting the split wrong on a payslip is an easy, visible mistake. We benchmark across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate for you at renewal.

  • 15-25% below direct
  • Network benchmarking
  • Renegotiated for you

Three-scheme rules that expose risk

The Labor Insurance, Employment Insurance, and National Health Insurance contribution split, the five-band income-tax withholding, and the annual reconciliation deadline. We place you with partners who get the specifics right, and we stay on your side if anything needs escalating.

  • Direct escalation
  • No support queues
  • Named account contact

20+ years and the local detail

Two decades running compliant payroll across global markets, the deadlines, the filings, the year-end detail that exposes risk in Taiwan’s three-scheme system.

  • Two decades of payroll
  • Deadlines & filings
  • Year-end handled

Built to scale across markets

Run payroll in one country or twenty through one partner and one process. As you add markets, the standard does not fragment, you keep a single point of contact and consistent compliance everywhere.

  • One process everywhere
  • Single point of contact
  • Consistent compliance

The payroll mistakes Taiwan’s tax and insurance authorities always catch

These are the ones that catch foreign employers, and the reason a specialist partner pays for itself.

Tax & deduction rates

Misapplying the five-band income-tax withholding. Getting the split across Labor Insurance, Employment Insurance, and National Health Insurance wrong. Missing the Labor Pension contribution or its separate wage cap. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to the authorities when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late remittance to the Bureau of Labor Insurance, the National Health Insurance Administration, or the tax authority, where penalties and interest apply automatically. None of these are hard for a specialist; all are easy to get wrong alone. That is the whole case for getting your Taiwan payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

One transparent fee covers the full monthly payroll cycle. No hidden extras.

Tax, insurance schemes & pension

Compliant Taiwan payroll processed monthly, with income tax and all three insurance schemes correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax, Labor Insurance, Employment Insurance, National Health Insurance, and the Labor Pension contribution calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, notice and severance.

Compliance & support

Ongoing HR compliance and a single point of contact, for the life of the engagement.

Your questions answered

Straight answers on running compliant payroll in Taiwan.

Do I need a Taiwan entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have a Taiwan entity. If you have no entity and do not want one yet, you need an EOR instead, where the partner is the legal employer. We will confirm which applies to you.

Income tax calculation and remittance, employer and employee contributions across all three insurance schemes plus the Labor Pension contribution, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all statutory filings to the Bureau of Labor Insurance, the National Health Insurance Administration, and the tax authority. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

Yes. The minimum wage rose to NT$29,500/month (NT$196/hour) from 1 January 2026, which also lifted the Labor Insurance and Employment Insurance insured-salary floor to match. A good payroll partner updates the insured-salary grade table and recalculates contributions from the effective date, so nothing is quietly miscalculated at the low end of your payroll.

Not one number: Labor Insurance and Employment Insurance together cost 8.75% of insured salary (capped at NT$45,800/month), National Health Insurance adds a further employer share of 5.17% (capped at NT$313,000/month), and the mandatory Labor Pension contribution adds at least 6% of monthly wage (capped at NT$150,000/month). Add the transparent payroll partner fee and you have your all-in cost.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons companies come to us. One point of contact and a consistent process across markets, rather than a separate provider and a different standard in every country.

Yes. When you incorporate and become the legal employer, we move your people from the EOR arrangement onto your own compliant Taiwan payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Taiwan?

Tell us your entity setup and headcount and we will come back with the right partner and pricing you will not get direct, usually within a day. One process, every country you operate in.

Tax and labour data verified July 2026 (Ministry of Labor, Bureau of Labor Insurance, National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Finance). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.