China’s Tax Authorities Step Up Exit Bans Over Unpaid Taxes

Tax authorities across China are increasingly imposing exit bans on taxpayers with unpaid taxes, turning to a legal power that had rarely been used until recent years.

On Thursday, the tax bureau in Yanji, Jilin province, issued exit-ban decisions involving 89 taxpayers. Three days earlier, a tax bureau in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, announced similar restrictions on nine companies and one individual.