Shen Fu-hsiung, who advocates raising the VAT to 10 %, relates that each percentage point rise will add an estimated NT $ 35 billion to the nation's coffers; if the rate were raised to 10 %, this alone could almost fully deal with the projected budget deficits of NT $ 200 billion per annum.
主張營業稅應調高到百分之十的民進黨籍立委沈富雄指出，營業稅每調高一個百分點，估計可以增加國庫三百五十億元的收入，若能調至百分之十，眼前每年兩千多億元的中央政府預算赤字問題，就可以解決大半了。