China to Tax Bond Interest Income After Decades of Exemption
The government will resume collection of value-added tax on interest income from bonds sold by central and local governments, as well as those from financial institutions starting Aug. 8, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement released on Friday. Bonds issued before that, including the reopening sales on these notes, will be exempted from the tax.
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