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Certified Chinese Tax Return Translation

eVerbary translates your Chinese tax return into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

From annual reconciliation to tax record

Many employees in China never file a return themselves. Employers withhold tax monthly, and a person with comprehensive income (wages, fees, royalties) files an annual reconciliation (年度汇算) between 1 March and 30 June of the following year, usually in the tax authority's mobile app or on the online e-tax bureau. What a US reviewer receives is therefore rarely a form like a 1040. It is usually the individual income tax record, plus the reconciliation summary if the person printed one.

Since tax periods starting on 1 January 2019, the tax authority issues the individual income tax record (个人所得税纳税记录) instead of the old paper tax payment certificate (税收完税证明). Older periods still get the old certificate. A file covering several years can contain both, and each is translated under its own title so the reviewer sees why they look different. The record can be produced in the app, on the e-tax bureau or at a tax service hall.

What the tax record shows and how it is checked

The record sets out the income reported for you and the tax on it, and names the tax authority that issued it, which is the office to ask if a line looks wrong. It is built from withholding filings and your own filings, and it covers reported income even where no tax was due. Income that nobody reported does not appear, which is worth knowing before you rely on it to prove a salary.

The tax authority states on the record how it can be verified through the e-tax bureau or the app, and that text, with any code next to it, is translated exactly. Names are given in pinyin as on your passport when you ask. Identity numbers, dates and amounts in yuan are copied digit by digit, and we keep the tax authority's own column order so each line can be compared against the original.

Business owners and US filings

Owners of a Chinese company usually need more than their personal tax record to show where their money came from: the company's tax filings, its financial statements, the business license and the articles of incorporation. For an EB-5 petition, 8 CFR 204.6(j)(3) asks for corporate, partnership and personal tax returns of any kind filed within five years, in or outside the United States, so a source-of-funds file often spans several years and several entities, each with its own records in Chinese.

The same records support E-2 and L-1 files and the income checks of US banks and mortgage lenders. We translate what the tax authority printed, period by period and figure by figure, with every stamp and note: we do not convert yuan to dollars, total the years for you or calculate any US tax. Your accountant or lawyer decides which years and records to submit. See also tax documents, Chinese bank statements, bank statements and our Chinese page.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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