Some poorer local governments, such as Penghu and Taitung, require supplementary allocations from the central government for more than 50 % of all their expenditures.
部分貧窮縣市如馬祖、南投等，自有財源比率不到百分之五十，等於每十元花費中，就有五元必須仰賴中央撥付的補助款。