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China Monthly Tax Brief: April 2026

2026-05-15
In this China Monthly Tax Brief for April 2026, we cover a busy month of regulatory updates across China’s tax landscape. China’s tax and regulatory landscape saw a flurry of activity in April 2026, with updates spanning consumption tax rules for beer and baijiu, electronic trade document regulations, expanded tax incentives for the semiconductor and software sectors, and further development of the ‘bank-tax interaction’ credit framework.
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