Reading all of the above it appears that foreign income that is only derived from pensions would not be taxed.
"The IIT levy is applicable to people earning wages, salaries, pay for authors or personal services, plus income from royalties, business operations, interest, dividends and bonuses. Revenue from property leasing or transactions, as well as contingent income, is also taxed."
Did I read it correctly or just make a hopeful assumption?
They're doing booster shots in our community today and have volunteers going door to door checking vacation status of the residents.
They were a bit surprised that foreigners cannot yet get their booster.
Well, it appears they are NOT doing foreigners today.
I showed up at the hospital and was told it was just yesterday and now I have to wait for the "official" announcement.
That disturbs me.
In July when they started vaccinations the only announcements I got were from either GoKunming or my wife (who got it in a text message).
When they started doing children and others more recently I got it from those two sources again, and then .....
I got an official text message on my phone a few days AFTER the time period expired.
Thanks.
Is an appointment required or just show up?
@mario007
Was that message recommending the booster in English or Chinese.
I just checked my health code and it's green, but there are a lot of Chinese messages on the screen that I can't read, even though I've chosen the "English" option.
No results found.
Had my first ever visit to Slice of Heaven last night for a group party. Barbara recognized me as a newcomer and immediately came to welcome me and introduce herself.
While speaking with her at the counter, a server walked past with a pizza for one table. The aroma immediately caught my attention. It was awesome.
Our group shared 4 different pizzas. All were amazing. I think the sauce really makes the difference since it was very flavourful. I also put back to cups of cappuccino. I guess they must have fixed problems noted in other reviews because I found it to be quite good.
If I lived closer I would be a regular here.
Chinese college freshmen increasingly unfit
发布者In the past few years there has been an increased reliance on cars and e-bikes. I can see the change in only 5 years. Where people used to walk or take real bicycles they are now reliant on machinery.
In that same 5 years span I've seen a huge increase in the number of fast food outlets around Kunming.
It would appear that China is going the way of North America with poor diets and lack of exercise.
Golden Week: Planes, trains and especially automobiles
发布者The low number of driving related deaths over the week doesn't surprise me. With traffic so congested and moving so slowly (or not at all), it's easy to have a "fender bender" but more difficult to have a fatality.
Traffic in China would move so much more quickly if people would stay in a lane and drive in a straight line instead of going up the road like a snake!
Truncated subway Line 1 to open New Year's Eve
发布者@tallamerican. 4 years to build? Not bad. Up in Toronto they can't even decide what to do in 4 years. As for train service, the liner from Vancouver to Toronto has been know to arrive 23 hours late!
Proposed hotel tax eyes Dianchi rehab
发布者10 Yuan is not a big amount and I would have no problem with it, but Mr Xiao is right, the polluters should be paying - BIG!
Also, is there any guarantee that the tax collected would actually go where it's supposed to, or will it all go to administering the tax collected. I have only Canadian habits to reference on that point, but that's what happens in Canada, eh!
Kunming proposing congestion fee, more public parking
发布者Lack of enforcement of the laws just serve to reinforce people's beliefs that what they are doing is OK. It's made worse by the fact that police and military are exempt from the traffic act and others simply follow their bad example. Last year we actually witnessed a hit and run accident, where a police car sideswiped a bus then promptly left the scene.
At the end of November I made my first ever visit to Hong Kong. What a refreshing change! Drivers followed the rules, as did pedestrians. The only people walking on the don't walk signs were from mainland China. At bus stops, people formed orderly queues as they arrived instead of everyone trying to be first. With strict adherence to the rules the traffic moved so much better!
I also noticed that people in Hong Kong don't use their horns much, as opposed to Kunming where somebody will be honking at 5:00 a.m. when there is only one other vehicle on the road!