Alibaba paid $3.4 bn in taxes, created 30 mn jobs last year
Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba has said that it paid over $3.4 billion in taxes in 2016, up 33% from last year and created 30 million new jobs in the country. Alibaba added that service providers on its Taobao and Tmall shopping platforms had registered a 142% growth in income year on year as of September 30.
Beijing, Jan 4 (PTI) Chinas e-commerce giant Alibaba paid a total of USD 3.41 billion in taxes in 2016 and created 30 million jobs, the company said. Alibaba led merchants operating on its platforms, upstream manufacturers and logistics companies to pay at least 200 billion yuan in taxes last year and created more than 30 million jobs, it said. The company has also catalysed new business such as outsourcing of customer service, product photography, quality testing, e-shop design, recruitment and training for e-commerce, it said in a statement. 