Mr. Wu, who runs a cross-border e-commerce business, has inventory tied up in overseas warehouses and ships small packages directly to China, but he still hasn’t figured out which of the 9610, 9710, or 9810 codes to use or how to claim tax refunds. Previously, to keep things simple, he declared all shipments as “general trade,” but as a result, his capital was completely tied up in inventory.

Sister Zhang, who runs a Meikeduo store, had been open for half a month with no traffic and no orders, so she was desperate to spend money on ads. She had previously only calculated the commissions and hadn’t factored in Latin American taxes or localization costs.

Old Chen, who runs an e-commerce business, recently received a text message from the tax authority: “There is a discrepancy between your reported income and the income reported by the platform. Please verify.” He was baffled—he had clearly filed his taxes monthly, so why was there a discrepancy? What really gave him cause for concern was that the 2026 “Regulations on the Reporting of Tax-Related Information by Internet Platform Enterprises” had been in effect for a year. Under these regulations, platforms report their net revenue (including both invoiced and uninvoiced amounts) to the tax authorities on a quarterly basis, and the system…

想拿香港身份的人，最近都在盯着高才通：名单又扩了，但审核也明显更严了。到底是更容易还是更难，得看你在哪一类。

They’ve obtained a second passport, opened an overseas bank account, and deposited some money with a U.S. brokerage firm—many business owners believe that once they change their status, domestic taxes no longer apply to them. Almost everyone who has come to ask recently has fallen into this same misconception.