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Re:Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax by aoeusnth1 on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:34PM (#18594302)
Doesn't that depend on the relative price sensitivity of the employer vs. the employee - namely, the elasticity of labor demand / supply?
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Re:Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax by conanbatt on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:00PM (#18594473)
That is correct, its just that employees are a lot less inelastic than employers, for multiple practical reasons.
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