China tax officials contact journalists about offshore trusts

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  Chinese tax officials have contacted South China Morning Post journalists about holdings in offshore trusts.

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  The contacts come amid a campaign against tax avoidance, including efforts to tax income held in offshore trusts by wealthy families.

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  A journalist in the newspaper’s Beijing bureau received a text from the city’s tax service.

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  The message urged the recipient to declare any offshore-trust holdings.

Who

Chinese tax officials contacted South China Morning Post journalists.

What

Officials asked about offshore-trust holdings and urged one journalist to declare any such holdings.

When

The newspaper reported the contacts on 11 October 2026, saying they had occurred in recent weeks.

Where

Mainland China; a journalist in the newspaper’s Beijing bureau received a text from the city’s tax service.

Why

The contacts come amid China’s clampdown on tax avoidance, including efforts to tax income held in offshore trusts.

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