The DPP, KMT and TPP report financial results for last year

By Lin Che-yuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan’s three major political parties posted mixed financial results for last year, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) reporting a NT$108.57 million (US$3.4 million) deficit, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) losses of NT$9.12 million and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) a NT$46.85 million surplus, Ministry of the Interior data released yesterday showed.The DPP received about NT$259.1 million in political subsidies, NT$99.82 million in political contributions and NT$41.08 million in membership fees, which went toward its NT$403.21 million in gains, the data showed.It spent about NT$218.27 million on personnel costs, NT$130.11 million on operational costs and NT$90.56 million on polit