China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP
China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP
Tech /  Policy

Big Tech’s regulatory challenges in China include closer scrutiny of taxes, but many see this as long overdue

  • While warning Big Tech about common misconduct, regulators have also ordered companies to carry out ‘comprehensive’ investigations into tax-related issues
  • Lax tax collection among online merchants in China has become an endemic problem due to the digital economy’s break-neck growth

Topic |   China technology
Xinmei ShenJane Zhang
Xinmei Shen  and Jane Zhang

Updated: 7:50am, 5 May, 2021

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China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP
China is overhauling the regulatory framework for big tech and greater scrutiny of taxation will be a key part of the review. Photo: AFP
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