Political Parties Act Article 22

The competent authority shall allocate a portion of its annual budget to subsidize political parties that have received at least three percent (3%) of the total votes in the most recent national legislative election for legislators-at-large and legislators residing overseas.The subsidy in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated on the basis of the number of votes received by the political party in the most recent national legislative election for legislators-at-large and legislators residing overseas; the political party shall be granted an annual subsidy of NT$50 per vote. The amount of the subsidy granted each fiscal year shall be calculated by the competent authority. The political party shall collect the subsidy within two months and shall provide a receipt to the competent authority at the time of collection; the subsidy shall be granted until the term of the aforementioned legislators expiresPolitical parties that fail to collect the subsidy by the prescribed date shall receive notice from the competent authority that the subsidy must be collected within three months; political parties that fail to collect the subsidy within said three-month period shall forfeit the subsidy.The subsidy detailed in Paragraph 2 shall be used by political parties to defray campaign costs, personnel costs, office expenses, business expenses, policy research costs, and personnel training costs.