Abrogating the Rule of Law: The Tai Ji Men Tax Case in Taiwan
Tai Ji Men, a spiritual school in Taiwan that teaches Qigong based on ancient Taoist traditions, was one of the movements targeted in a local crackdown against “cults” in 1996. Although the school and its founder, Dr. Hong Tao-tze, were eventually declared innocent of all...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 5, Pages: 101-120 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Taiwan
/ Rule of law
/ Abolition of
/ Tax fraud
/ Acquittal
/ Disregard
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBM Asia ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Taxes and Spiritual Schools
B Hong Tao-tze B Tax Cases in Taiwan B Tax Justice B Tai Ji Men |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Tai Ji Men, a spiritual school in Taiwan that teaches Qigong based on ancient Taoist traditions, was one of the movements targeted in a local crackdown against “cults” in 1996. Although the school and its founder, Dr. Hong Tao-tze, were eventually declared innocent of all charges, as a by-product of these events a tax case has continued for the next twenty-four years. The highest jurisdictions in Taiwan concluded that there had been no tax evasion. However, Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau has maintained its (illegal) tax bill for one year, 1992, and based on this, in 2020, has seized and auctioned properties of Dr Hong. The article surveys the main political and legal institutions in Taiwan and the Tai Ji Men case, concluding that what happened is a serious blow to Taiwan’s image as a Constitutional democracy. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.6 |