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103 articles Latest update 13 Sep 2026

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  • China Stamp Duty

    Stamp duty wiki under corporate tax nesting. Not VAT. Not CIT. Contract execution timing matters.Direct answerStamp duty is a document tax on listed instruments — skipping it beca…

  • China Withholding Tax

    WHT definition. Treaty relief and beneficial-owner test are siblings. Dividend repatriation ties tax cert + FX.Direct answerIf China-source passive or certain service income is pa…

  • Beneficial Owner Test for China Tax Treaties

    BO test wiki. Treaty relief sibling. Do not confuse with UBO company-law filings.Direct answerBeneficial owner for treaty WHT is ‘who has the right to enjoy the income’ with subst…

  • Permanent Establishment in China

    PE definition under CIT nesting. Treaty PE articles interact. Seconded staff and ‘roaming’ sales are classic facts.Direct answerIf people or a dependent agent habitually conclude…

  • Transfer Pricing Documentation in China

    Documentation-scoped sibling to live /china-transfer-pricing-basics (collision Review overlap). Do not create a second basics flagship.Direct answerTP documentation is the contemp…

  • Related-Party Service Fees in China

    Tax-side related-party fees. FX route /china-fx-route-related-party-service-fee stays the remittance twin. TP docs sibling.Direct answerA management-fee invoice without people, de…

  • China Thin Capitalization Rules

    Thin-cap wiki beside TP. Interest vs service-fee characterisation fights are common.Direct answerRelated-party interest above thin-cap ratios is how ‘debt is cheaper than equity’…

  • Dividend Repatriation from China

    Tax-side dividend repatriation. Keep /china-profit-repatriation-basics and /wfoe-profit-repatriation-tax-certificate and FX /china-fx-route-dividend-remittance.Direct answerBoard…

  • China Tax Treaty Relief

    Treaty relief process wiki. BO test is the gate sibling. WHT is the tax being reduced.Direct answerA treaty rate is earned with residence proof, the right article, beneficial-owne…

  • Repatriation & exit clearance

    Profit remittance, withholding, tax certificates and IIT departure clearance.

  • Tax & Fiscal Compliance

    A filing-led hub for China CIT, VAT, individual income tax, residence, transfer pricing and exit clearances. Start with the tax that is due, then the clock and the record.

  • Corporate income tax

    CIT rates, taxable presence and the corporate return — not a VAT or payroll file.

  • VAT & fapiao

    Output VAT, input credits, fapiao and the operating record that supports a filing.

  • IIT & tax residence

    Individual income tax, the 183-day and six-year tests, and expat payroll overlays.

  • Transfer pricing

    Related-party dealings, documentation and the file that supports pricing — not a dividend filing.

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