legal ground
Article 3 of the Individual Income Tax Law
Personal income tax rate:
(1) For comprehensive income, the excess progressive tax rate of 3% to 45% shall apply;
(2) The excess progressive tax rate of 5% to 35% shall apply to the operating income;
(3) Income from interest, dividends and bonuses, income from property leasing, income from property transfer and accidental income shall be subject to the proportional tax rate of 20%.
Article 3 of the Provisional Regulations on Deed Tax
The deed tax rate is 3-5%.
The applicable tax rate of deed tax shall be determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government within the range specified in the preceding paragraph, according to the actual situation in the region, and reported to the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC) and State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China for the record.