2.1ÌýÌýÌýÌý Withholding of income tax
Individual Income Tax (IIT) is usually withheld at source. Being a paying unit, a Chinese employer has the withholding obligation for withholding and paying IIT to the in-charge tax authority before or by 15th of each following month (1.3.2).
In case the IIT is not correctly withheld and paid, the employee himself can do a self-reporting.
2.1.1ÌýÌýÌýÌý Withholding obligation
In view of the complexity of withholding income tax under different scenarios, the following matrix is prepared for easy reference.
Type | Salary income | Withholding entity |
Chinese employees | Salary income received from Chinese registered entity | The Chinese registered entity |
(sign an employment contract with a Chinese registered entity or dual employment contract with a Chinese registered entity and its foreign parent company) | Salary income received from foreign parent company |
Chinese outbounds | Salary income received from Chinese registered |
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