China, People's Republic of
Individual - Significant developments
Last reviewed - 29 June 2022The Amendment to China’s Individual Income Tax (IIT) Law was passed in August 2018, which signifies an overhaul of the IIT system. The key changes include:
- Revising the criteria for determining tax residency status.
- Implementing a mixture of aggregate and schedular taxation system to replace the previous schedular taxation system.
- Amending the tax rates and taxable income brackets.
- Increasing the standard basic deduction and introducing specific additional deductible items.
- Transforming the IIT collection and administration from a legal-person based system to a natural-person based system.
- Introducing anti-avoidance rules.