Online shops in China facing registration, taxation

Citing consumer rights protection and the need to fight fraud, China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce has been drafting a new policy to register and tax web stores. 

The agency has proposed a registration fee of about 100 yuan (around $15), and a tax rate of 3 percent of sales. 

Beijing became the first city in China to announce a web store registration and taxation policy in August 2008, but no shops have registered to date because the city has not enforced the policy. 

Follow this link to read the Global Times story on China’s proposed registration and taxation of online shops.