Pekings nya skatteregel riktar sig mot förmögna kineser | NTD NYHETER
Peking har under flera år skärpt reglerna för förmögna kineser.
Nu har en ny skatteregel införts som riktar sig mot offshore-trustfonder.
En Kina-analytiker menar att detta kan få fler förmögna personer att lämna Kina.
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AI GeneratedChina is implementing new tax rules targeting offshore trusts, removing previous tax exemptions for asset transfers and imposing a 20% tax on earnings. Analysts suggest these measures are a response to China's severe economic crisis and local government bankruptcy, which may accelerate the exodus of wealthy individuals and private business owners seeking financial security abroad.
Beijing has been tightening rules on wealthy Chinese for years. Now a new rule targeting
offshore trusts has arrived. A China affairs analyst says this could push more wealthy people
to leave China. Chinese authorities have recently been reaching beyond their own areas to investigate
companies for alleged tax problems. Critics say they are using these investigations to target
private businesses and take control of their assets. Now they have expanded the rules to
overseas places including the Cayman Islands, North America and Singapore.
Offshore trust accounts were once viewed by wealthy Chinese as safe havens for their wealth
but now they are being specifically targeted. Under the new rules transferring assets in China
into an offshore trust is subject to tax. Previously these transfers were tax free.
Any money earned by the trust will be taxed at 20 percent even if the funds remain in the trust
and are not paid out. When the trust ends any remaining money distributed to beneficiaries will
also be taxed as income. Tang Jingyuan, a China affairs analyst told NTD that this policy
specifically targets wealthy Chinese people especially private business owners regardless
of their citizenship. The biggest reason is that the CCP is facing a severe economic crisis.
The sharp downturn has driven up unemployment and left many local governments effectively
bankrupt. Tang says the CCP's move will push more wealthy Chinese citizens to move abroad
as they become increasingly uncertain about keeping their money under Chinese rule.