Taxing concerns

The State Administration of Taxation recently issued a notice on strengthening tax collection to secure the expected growth of tax revenues for this year.

Such an effort to fight tax evasion is always needed to ensure compliance as taxpayers should be urged to pay their lawful dues, and in time.

However, the taxman's latest effort at tightening compliance comes at a time when the country just saw the slowest quarterly growth in almost a decade and is struggling to lift the economy out of recession.