Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes @Alien: the Chinese system
Geezer said he was repeatedly told that the Chinese tax system is so complex that no foreigner could ever try to understand it.
The laws on the books are probably a lot less complex than the US system, but a lot of the terms are poorly defined, and enforcement is extremely arbitrary.
Most, if not all companies cook their books in very complicated ways to avoid taxes (whereas US companies cook the laws themselves). It's so rampant that tax liaison officers get in on the game, because a couple of honest tax reports in their case files can make all the numbers start to look anomalous.
For another example, anyone in China who earns more than 120,000 a year is supposed to fill out a personal tax return, but I have yet to meet anyone who has done it.
Another example: Most CCTV employees are only officially paid salaries just under the threshold for payroll taxes (around 2000 a month). They make up the rest of their salary (sometimes tens of thousands a month) by collecting as many fapiaos as they can, which CCTV reports as expenses and doesn't have to pay payroll or profit taxes on.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Genuine Thinkpad parts in Kunming? Lenovo has several official service centers in Kunming. Here's the page that allows you to look them up on a map:
support1.lenovo.com.cn/[...]
Looks like there's a Thinkpad service center near Xiao Cai Yuan interchange.
Alternatively, you can talk to one of the official Lenovo dealers in the computer markets. They should be able to order parts for you as well.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes @Geezer: thanks for the sources.
As a small business owner who has also worked in various companies in China over the years, my impression is that it's not the rules that are a confusing mess, but the way everybody behaves and is expected to behave within the system.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Americans: what do you do about health insurance To clarify, Chinese hospitals generally do not accept US insurance cards when it's time to cough up the cash, but most insurance plans will reimburse you after the fact.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes @Geezer: That article was hotly debated by a lot of people. Here's a good summary of the other side:
www.taxanalysts.com/[...]
Popular night market locations closed, ban appears permanent
Posted byThe problem with providing convenient parking for everyone is that more people will choose to buy cars or drive into the city when they would have otherwise taken transit.
The standard fine for illegal parking is 150 RMB. Problem is, it's very poorly enforced. The streetside parking is also poorly managed. Those people are supposed to be keeping a lid on bad parking, but they will often direct drivers to double park, blocking the street, or even park on the sidewalks, so they can collect more money.
No end in sight for Xuefu Lu traffic upheaval
Posted by"Taking the trees away to recuperate." I didn't see them taking the trees from Xuefu Lu, but I've seen them removing them from other parts of town, and the workers were basically just chopping the trees to pieces.
Based on what we've seen for the other metro lines, Xuefu Lu is going to be a mess for years. All of the problems they have complained about: bedrock, difficulty managing traffic, etc, are going to hit them at Xuefu in spades. There are also, if my sources are correct, extensive bunkers down there from WWII, which were probably expanded (without maps) during the CR.
If they don't revert Yi Er Yi to two-way, that whole quadrant of the city is toast.
Yunnan's population by the numbers
Posted by@scally: I just did, and it looks like the Hui are actually still under a million
Yunnan's population by the numbers
Posted byAre you sure the Hui don't top one million? I seem to remember hearing they were the largest or second largest minority group in the province
Forecast for Kunming's next subway line: Wait and see
Posted by"as Kunming media outlets reveal the presence of dense basalt deposits in the path of multiple tunnels routinely hampered progress."
This has been known for years and years. In the early 2000s, people were holding this up as the reason why Kunming would never have a subway.
I'm guessing engineers brought it up in their time and cost projections, and the officials in charge ignored them. You don't start digging long tunnels underneath a city without taking a look at what the ground is made of.