China’s Tax Authorities Step Up Exit Bans Over Unpaid Taxes

Caixin Global · Cheng Siwei Published Nov 2 · 2026-11-02 00:00 UTC

Local bureaus increasingly invoke a rarely used legal power to stop people from leaving the country

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Tax authorities across China are increasingly imposing exit bans on taxpayers with unpaid taxes, turning to a legal power that had rarely been used until recent years.

On Thursday, the tax bureau in Yanji, Jilin province, issued exit-ban decisions involving 89 taxpayers. Three days earlier, a tax bureau in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, announced similar restrictions on nine companies and one individual.

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