Income tax in China for foreigners
As a foreigner working in China, income tax is something you need to think about, but what is China's tax policy for foreigners working in China? Sometimes it's difficult to calculate how much your company should deduct from your income, other times you need to check if your company has duduced the right amount from your income. After a little research, I found this little piece of software written by Shanghai Tech Writer that automatically calculates your income tax. Click on the link below to download it.
Here's how to calculate your income tax:
Tax = ( Taxable Income * Tax Rate ) – Deduction
Taxable Income = ( Total Income – Initial Deduction – Reimbursable Deduction )
Initial deduction is RMB4,800 for foreigners.
|
Taxable Income |
Tax Rate |
Deduction |
|
￥0 |
5% |
￥0 |
|
￥501 |
10% |
￥25 |
|
￥2,001 |
15% |
￥125 |
|
￥5,001 |
20% |
￥375 |
|
￥20,001 |
25% |
￥1,375 |
|
￥40,001 |
30% |
￥3,375 |
|
￥60,001 |
35% |
￥6,375 |
|
￥80,001 |
40% |
￥10,375 |
|
￥100,001 |
45% |
￥15,375 |
“Open With…” Problem When Opening Local Drives
For the past two weeks I've been having problems with my computer. Each time I double-click on a local disk drive, the computer will display the "Open With..." window asking me to pick a program to open the local drives. This is annoying because each time I want to browse a drive, I need to head over to the "Run..." window and type "C:", "D:", "E:".
Yesterday, I found the solution:
1. Click on Start and then select "Run..."
2. Type in "cmd" without the quotes to display the command screen.
3. Type in "cd c:\" without the quotes to get to the C drive.
4. In the C drive type in "attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf" and hit return.
Type in "del autorun.inf" and hit return.
Repeat this step for other drives with the Open With issue.
So...If you are having problems with the D: drive, you would type:
"d:" to get to the D drive
"attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf" and hit return
"del autorun.inf" and hit return.
5. Restart your computer.
deleting autorun.inf
Changing Safari Browser Display (Menu) Language
My Windows XP is in Chinese so when I downloaded Safari, the browser automatically detected my OS's language settings and changed the Safari's display language to Chinese. However, I do not want Chinese so how do I change the display language? I went online and did a little research. Most people (including the guys at Apple) will tell you to head over to the “Safari\Safari.resources” folder and rename the "zh_CN.lproj" folder to something like "zh_CN_backup.lproj” so when you restart Safari, the browser will use the default language, which is English. But this DOES NOT WORK, when I restart Safari, the system will automatically "add" another "zh_CN.lproj" thus making my Safari browser display in Chinese again.
Here's what you need to do:
1. Close your Safari Browser.
2. Open your desired language folder (for example, if you want to change Safari display language to English, open the "en.lproj" folder.
3. Next, copy the contents of that folder.
4. Locate and open the current language folder (for example, if your current display language is Chinese, open the "zh_CN.lproj" folder.
5. Paste the "en.lproj" contents into the "zh_CN.lproj" folder. Click Yes to All when the system asks you.
6. Restart your Safari Browser.
You are done!
Note to Apple: It would be nice if you guys could add a Language option where users can easily change the display language.