Tax filings up 34% on last year

The capital's tax authorities have reported a 34 percent year-on-year increase in the number of self-declarations made by high-income-earners by the April 1 income tax filing deadline.

About 341,000 people who earn more than 120,000 yuan ($16,000) a year filed this year, a report made available to China Daily yesterday said.

The requirement for high-income-earners to make declarations was introduced in 2006.