China tax topics, in plain English

The guides

• What is Golden Tax Phase IV (金税四期)?——Golden Tax Phase IV is the fourth generation of China's tax administration: filings, invoi…
• How does China's platform tax reporting (Decree 810) work?——Since 2025-06-20, platforms operating in China must report merchant identity and income da…
• I received a Chinese tax risk notice. What now?——A Chinese tax risk notice means the bureau's data shows a gap. Verify the document, self-c…
• Using personal bank cards for business revenue in China: what's the risk?——Platform payouts to personal cards, undeclared in the business: the most common concealed-…
• How heavy are tax evasion penalties in China?——China's standard evasion bill has three components: recovered tax, a daily surcharge of 0.…
• How should a Chinese SME remediate tax compliance issues?——A four-step remediation approach for Chinese SMEs: map every entity, store, payout path an…

Guides vs case studies — what to read when

The topic guides vs the case studies serve different moments: guides vs cases is rules vs evidence. Read a guide when you need the mechanics of a rule and what it demands; read a case study when you need to see how enforcement actually lands on a company — document numbers, fine breakdowns and all. For most readers the right order is one guide in your risk area, then the matching case study.

How to start

1. Step 1 · Read the topic closest to your situation;
2. Step 2 · Run the free 3-minute triage in the WeChat mini-program;
3. Step 3 · If flagged, quantify with the CNY 299 AI check before acting.

Sourcing

Every guide cites its regulations by decree and announcement number, and its enforcement claims trace to published penalty decisions — the same library the case studies draw from, currently 1475 documents. Guides are reviewed when the underlying rules change; the build system re-verifies counts and figures on every publish.

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