Clear tax with the employer/STA path before you assume the airport or the bank will ‘just let you go’.
Individuals leaving employment or China often need tax settlement: final IIT withholding, employer paperwork, and in some cases formal clearance that banks or immigration workflows expect. This is not the same as a company deregistration tax clearance. The live expat departure-clearance guide owns process depth — this wiki is the map entry. Moving salary abroad is SAFE/bank, not only tax. Residence and six-year pages explain why the exit year still matters.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Employee exit or company exit?
Different files.
LaneFinal IIT withheld/filed?
Employer payroll.
IITBank remittance planned?
FX related pages.
FXDeep expat guide opened?
Link live URL.
DeepWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Do tourists need tax clearance?
Ordinary short visits usually do not look like an employment departure file. Long-stay workers do.
Where is the deep expat page?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.