“If I open more stores, is it considered a malicious split? Will I be asked by the IRS to consolidate my taxes?”

This is one of the most asked questions in the background consultation in the last six months. Indeed, in the e-commerce industry today, competition is white-hot, multi-store operation is almost standard - either to expand different categories, or to cope with the platform traffic rules, or to test the waters of the new market. But if you are not careful, this “standard action” may touch the tax red line.

Some have been fined millions for “malicious splitting,” while major retailers have saved millions in taxes annually through compliant structures. Today, we’ll provide a comprehensive guide for e-commerce business owners in Shenzhen: How can you avoid tax “pitfalls” when operating multiple stores in Shenzhen?

Recently, the probability of random inspection of the registered address of the Shenzhen company has increased dramatically, many business owners have received a notice of industrial and commercial random inspection, the heart is inevitably panicked. It is important to know that, once the address is determined abnormal, not only will affect the normal operation of the company, but also may be implicated in taxation, bank accounts, and even affect the security of the account of e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, today, we will organize a complete response to the program, regardless of industrial and commercial sampling, or the second review of the Amazon, can be easily dealt with.

“It's clear that we're operating normally every day, so how come we suddenly have ‘address anomalies”?“ These were the first words of a Nanshan Science Park customer when he met me last week. He was just about to go to the bank for business loans, but because of ”abnormal business information“ was rejected on the spot, only to realize the seriousness of the problem. In Shenzhen, every year there are a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises because of ”address anomalies" in the business predicament. Today's article, we will dismantle: why will be included in the abnormal? What are the consequences? And how soon can we return to normal?

Today, we will sort out an exhaustive guide to registering a company in Shenzhen to help you get started easily and operate in a compliant manner.

In Shenzhen, the threshold for entrepreneurship has never been so low. Whether you want to register an "OPC one-person company" to start a business, or form a team to break new ground, Shenzhen in 2026 is opening its arms to every entrepreneur with the efficiency of "one network to do" and unprecedented policy dividends.