28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties?

Political Parties Act 2017

Article 22: The competent authority shall allocate a part of its annual budget to subsidize political parties that have attained at least three percent (3%) of the votes in the latest national legislative elections for legislators-at-large and legislators residing overseas. The subsidy described in the preceding paragraph shall be based on the number of votes attained by the political parties at the most recent national legislative elections for legislators-at-large and legislators residing overseas, where an annual subsidy of NT$50 is offered for every vote attained. The amount of the subsidy granted in any fiscal year shall be calculated by the competent authority, and the subsidy shall be collected by the political party within two months (political parties shall be required to produce a receipt upon collecting the subsidy); the subsidy shall be granted till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires. The competent authority shall notify political parties that fail to collect the subsidy before the deadline to collect it within three months; political parties that still fail to collect the subsidy before the new deadline shall forfeit the subsidy. Political parties shall use the subsidy described in Paragraph 2 to defray campaign costs, personnel costs, office expenses, business expenses, policy research costs, and personnel training costs.