China mulls tax, fiscal reforms as land sales fall
The Chinese government is expected to unveil tax and fiscal reforms next month that will allow local governments to explore new tax sources to offset their losses in land sales revenue.
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The Chinese government is expected to unveil tax and fiscal reforms next month that will allow local governments to explore new tax sources to offset their losses in land sales revenue.
China on Friday unveiled an unprecedented package of measures to encourage homebuyers to enter markets, after property sales and investment fell in the first four months of this year.
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
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