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Land taxation in Taiwan (Republic of China)

by Fred Foldvary
Dept. Of Economics, Santa Clara University
ffoldvary at scu dot edu

Summary

History

Land taxes in China go back to ancient times, when farmers paid one-eighth of their crop to the government. A detailed land survey was conducted in Taiwan in the last ye