Taiwan.

The article reports on the measures undertaken by the Taiwanese government to help the economy. In June 2008, the government has formed a tax reform committee to identify effective tax reforms. Seventeen proposals were finalised by the committee, including the simplification of the administrative process of levying corporate income tax, individual income tax, and business tax. The substance-over-formality principle was also adopted which directs the tax authorities to rely on the economic facts rather than the legal formality of a transaction.