If you work from home for an overseas company, this money counts as domestic income under tax law: report the income tax yourself, and have the money remitted as “employee compensation”
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In plain words
Whether this money counts as domestic or foreign depends on where you do the work, not where the money is sent from. If you are in China working remotely for an overseas company, it counts as domestic income, and income tax is due in China. If the overseas company has no office in China, no one withholds the tax for you, and you have to report it yourself. The money is remitted in under “employee compensation” (职工报酬).
Translated from the Chinese original. Original book, section 31, tip 15. Content may be out of date and rules differ by place. When you actually deal with an agency, a doctor or a court, follow what local officials, doctors and lawyers tell you. Disclaimer