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arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

Sorry, I have no shiny regs to offer. This subject was talked about earlier. But I was very reliably informed that 5,200 is the new limit, up from 4,800 for the past year and a half.

whether your school FAO knows this is another matter. Jan 2006, when it was raised to 4,800 I had to insist my FAO ask several times. The third call he made seemed to reach someone in the tax department who knew. The first call was certainly to a friend

jeffinflorida · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

Come on give us some hard facts here..............

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

A howard stern wannabe wants hard facts?

The tax bureau worker said so. Don't have a reg. What, do I like look like a guy who keeps a bunch of regs hidden on me somewhere?

If you can't believe what you see on Dave's, what can you believe?

GeminiTiger · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

lies

jeffinflorida · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject:

Well lets see... i read it on the Internet AND it came from a chinese...

Yep I should believe it 100%....

lf_aristotle69 · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 546 Location: HangZhou, China

I'm not going to research the Chinese income tax info at 11pm on a Thursday night...

But, I can say that the reason for this 'idea' of a new 5200rmb tax threshold relates to the fact that the income tax threshold for Chinese people was raised by another 400rmb earlier this year.

There was a previous policy that marked the foreigner tax threshold at a fixed amount above the Chinese persons threshold. However, it's not certain (I mean I don't know either way...) that that is being maintained following the increase in the income tax threshold for Chinese people this time.

LFA

jeffinflorida · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject:

But... can someone post a credible link that can be presented to the FAO and school pay people to actually get them to believe that this must be true...?

lf_aristotle69 · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 546 Location: HangZhou, China

jeffinflorida · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:52 am Post subject:

http://www.xm-l-tax.gov.cn/taxcalculator/psntaxcalc_e.do

This link has a nifty little calculator but is it correct for those outside of Xiamen?

lf_aristotle69 · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 546 Location: HangZhou, China

ymmv · Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Posts: 387

When they increased the general tax threshold by 400 RMB from 1600 to 2000 RMB effective March 1, they also decreased the "foreigner exclusion" from 3200 RMB to 2800 RMB effectively keeping foreigners tax-free threshold at 4800 RMB per month. So no change for foreigners; it's still 4800 RMB per month.

Cite: The official State Council website for Legislative affairs at:
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/

The English version of the website is not up-to-date, but in the Chinese version, expand the third section in the middle (法制新闻), then page back to February 22, 2008 (about 48 pages back). It's the last post that day.

loboman · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

So i have also been researching this topic but have not found anything credible that supports an increase in the exemption.

Anyone else have a fact to produce?

Moon Over Parma · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 819

To date, I haven't found anything supporting the claim, either.

Song&Dance · Joined: 04 Jul 2008 Posts: 176

Rather than start unfounded rumors, why didn't the OP simply ask his FAO if any directive had been issued?

I have asked 14 FAOs and they all intend to continue withholding tax based upon the old figure until such time as they receive a directive to the contrary, which they have not received as yet.

teacherbel · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 65 Location: Philippines

Hi!
I hope I can help you here.
I am looking at the contract, which they called "letter of Offer",they sent to me. The school is giving me a monthly gross of CYN 19,831 minus taxes, my monthly net salary is CYN 13,700. That means the Chinese Tax in Shenzhen is CYN 6,131!

I hope I help..