Aleksei Posted June 12, 2015 at 09:03 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 at 09:03 AM Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been granted Chinese Government Scholarship Type A1 Doctoral Programs for pursuing PhD. This scholarship includes a monthly stipend 4000 yuans. Will I have to pay any taxes from this amount of money, or this salary isn't taxable? Yours Faithfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangKaiRong Posted June 12, 2015 at 09:49 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 at 09:49 AM I can never imagine a country would make scholarship taxable. You get a scholarship, and not a salary, it is different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted June 12, 2015 at 10:13 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 at 10:13 AM Unless it's a fellowship where the PhD candidate is officially employed by the university. I haven't seen it happen in China, don't worry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksei Posted June 12, 2015 at 11:28 AM Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 at 11:28 AM Angelina, the point is that in Finland, for example, PhD-students earn about 2000 euro/month, but they are compelled to pay an income tax 18% and 5% for social insurance. Seemingly, this is called "fellowship" in English, I didn't know, in my language there is no word equivalent to fellowship, only to salary and scholarship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted June 12, 2015 at 06:47 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 at 06:47 PM Yup, there are some countries in Europe, Finland included, where a PhD candidate can be seen as an employee from a legal perspective. This is not the case for China, you won't be asked to pay any taxes. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuoshuo Posted June 15, 2015 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 at 03:18 PM Not taxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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