Currency and formatting
- Currency
- New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
- Symbol
- NT$ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- NT$ 123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 32.09 TWD (fed, 2026-07-10)
Tax
Payment methods in Taiwan
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 line pay
- 03 jkopay
- 04 convenience store
- 05 apple pay
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, jcb, unionpay. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- zh-TW
- Official languages
- Chinese (Traditional), Min Nan Chinese (Traditional), Hakka Chinese (Traditional)
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- YYYY/MM/DD
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +886
- Mobile format
- +886 9XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Taiwan: common questions
What currency does Taiwan use?
Taiwan uses the New Taiwan Dollar (TWD), symbol NT$. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as NT$ 123,456.78.
How many decimal places does TWD have?
TWD has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Taiwan?
The standard VAT rate in Taiwan is 5.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Taiwan?
The methods that matter in Taiwan, in rough order of use: card, line pay, jkopay, convenience store, apple pay.
What is the dialling code for Taiwan?
Taiwan's country calling code is +886. Mobile numbers are formatted +886 9XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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