2023 January Hot Audit News

The Simple Tap Water Facilities
Pedestrian Underpasses
House Tax Rates

The Hsinchu County Audit Office conducted an audit on the improvement project and use of the simple tap water facilities in Dadu Village managed by the Hsinchu County Government and the Hsinchu County Hengshan Township Office, and found that the facilities were not handed over after completion and had been idle for a long time, failing to achieve the expected benefits. The facilities were not properly maintained either, resulting in gradual damage to the facilities. After the office reported it to the Control Yuan, corrective measures were proposed to the Hsinchu County Government and Hengshan Township Office.

In order to ensure the safety of pedestrians, the Taichung City Maintenance Office set up surveillance cameras, emergency bells and location indicators in pedestrian underpasses successively. The Taichung City Audit Division conducted an audit and found that emergency bells and location indicators were not set up in some pedestrian underpasses, affecting the safety of pedestrians. After the division called for improvements, the office has inspected all the pedestrian underpasses under management, set up emergency bells and location indicators to ensure the safety of pedestrians.

The Department of Taxation of Taoyuan City Government formulated Taoyuan City Self-Government Ordinance on House Tax Rates and collected house tax according to the ordinance. The Taoyuan City Audit Division conducted an audit and found that due to the same tax rate on houses used for residential purposes but not occupied by the owner, regardless of the number of houses they hold, the taxation was not reasonable and difficult to implement housing justice. After the division called for improvements, the ordinance has been amended, and taxation with differential tax rates has been implemented.