What city? I mean, most payments are done in cash (at least it was pre-2010), so its not like the government would have a good way to track everyone’s income. I’ve never heard of anything about “filing taxes” like the US does.
If you are a foreign citizen working in China, that could be a reason why things were different
Apparantly, there is an exemption if you make under a certain amount per month, so my parents probably didn’t make enough to get taxes or they just under-reported (i mean, its all in cash so… 🤷♂️)
Yeah, but that’s not the argument you were making. You said there were no taxes.
Income tax is a tax even if you don’t pay it at certain levels. In the US if you make under something like 20k a year that is also effectively tax exempt due to low income. Doesn’t mean there are no taxes.
What city? I mean, most payments are done in cash (at least it was pre-2010), so its not like the government would have a good way to track everyone’s income. I’ve never heard of anything about “filing taxes” like the US does.
If you are a foreign citizen working in China, that could be a reason why things were different
So I googled a bit and, although Wikipedia isn’t a source, its a non-political topic so it should be accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_China
Apparantly, there is an exemption if you make under a certain amount per month, so my parents probably didn’t make enough to get taxes or they just under-reported (i mean, its all in cash so… 🤷♂️)
Yeah, but that’s not the argument you were making. You said there were no taxes.
Income tax is a tax even if you don’t pay it at certain levels. In the US if you make under something like 20k a year that is also effectively tax exempt due to low income. Doesn’t mean there are no taxes.