The income from catering services in school canteens is tax-free.

Income from all kinds of advanced courses and training courses in school-run factories is temporarily exempted from income tax.

Income from design research conducted by schools and design institutes integrating scientific research, production and teaching is temporarily exempted from income tax.

Different from the value-added tax, there are no specific provisions on the preferential policies of enterprise income tax for private schools in the documents of the tax authorities at present.

State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China staff suggested that private schools should distinguish between taxable income and tax-free income, and distinguish between taxable income and tax-free income more accurately in financial accounting, so as to ensure that they can enjoy tax preferences in compliance.

Legal basis: Individual Income Tax Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 1 Individuals who have domicile or no domicile in China but have resided in China for a total of 183 days in a tax year are individual residents. Individual income tax shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this Law on income obtained by individual residents from inside and outside China.

Individuals who have neither domicile nor residence in China, or who have lived in China for less than 183 days in a tax year, are non-resident individuals. Income obtained by non-resident individuals from China shall be subject to individual income tax in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

The tax year starts from Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day and ends on1February 3 1 day.

Article 2 Individual income tax shall be paid on the income of the following individuals:

(1) Income from wages and salaries;

(2) Income from remuneration for labor services;

(3) Income from remuneration;

(4) Income from royalties;

(5) Operating income;

(6) Income from interest, dividends and bonuses;

(7) Income from property lease;

(8) Income from property transfer;

(9) Accidental income.

Individual residents who obtain income from items 1 to 4 of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as comprehensive income) shall calculate individual income tax according to the tax year; Non-resident individuals who obtain income from items 1 to 4 of the preceding paragraph shall calculate individual income tax on a monthly or itemized basis. Taxpayers who obtain income from items 5 to 9 of the preceding paragraph shall calculate individual income tax separately in accordance with the provisions of this law.

Article 3 The tax rate of individual income tax:

(1) For comprehensive income, the excess progressive tax rate of 3% to 45% is applicable (the tax rate table is attached);

(2) For operating income, the excess progressive tax rate of 5% to 35% shall apply (the tax rate table is attached);

(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%.