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China’s State Taxation Administration officially enacted the Measures for Announcement of Tax Arrears (Order No. 61) on 1 March 2026 \u2014 the first major overhaul of China’s tax arrears framework since 2005. The new rules create a more transparent, standardized system for managing and publicly disclosing tax arrears, while directly linking non-compliance to China’s social credit system. 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