To easily and properly perform a cutting operation for a plurality of kinds of introduced processing tapes having different cutting loads.

This tape cutting apparatus includes: a half cutter 62 individually cutting a plurality of kinds of printing tapes T having different cutting loads, a cutter motor 63 being a stepping motor that operates the half cutter 62, a tape identification sensor 37 detecting the types of the plurality of kinds of printing tapes T, and a control part 200 controlling the cutter motor 63. The control part 200 includes a modulation means for variably changing a period of a drive pulse to be applied to the cutter motor 63 on the basis of detection results of tape identification sensor 37.