[perlwle]

Well it certainly is not a state secret. Just google 'China business tax reform' It was a hot topic back 2, 3 years ago because businesses complained about the high tax rate.

Average Chinese may not think about paying tax for each sale because it's not printed on the receipt. But the price they pay do include all the taxes incurred to the business.

It's been a while, I remember that the receipts I got from IKEA and 711 do print the exact tax applied to this sale.

[nmfisher]

> Average Chinese may not think about paying tax for each sale because it's not printed on the receipt. But the price they pay do include all the taxes incurred to the business.

Sure, if you're shopping at IKEA or 7-11 (notably, large-scale foreign businesses).

If you're shopping at the local corner store or restaurant, they're not declaring sales unless you specifically ask for a fapiao (and even then, half of them will lie and say their machine is broken).

[perlwle]

JD used to include fapiao in the delivery too. Now It's using E-Fapiao.

> If you're shopping at the local corner store or restaurant, they're not declaring sales unless you specifically ask for a fapiao (and even then, half of them will lie and say their machine is broken).

Yeah. I agree. Though it's bit extreme to say `half of them`.