CIRCULAR ON QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF THE TAX ALREADYLEVIED RELATED TO STOCK IN THE EARLY PERIOD AFTER CHANGE-OVER TO THECOLLECTION OF VALUE-ADDED TAX AND CONSUMPTION TAX ON ENTERPRISE WITHFOREIGN INVESTMENT
CIRCULAR ON QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF THE TAX ALREADYLEVIED RELATED TO STOCK IN THE EARLY PERIOD AFTER CHANGE-OVER TO THECOLLECTION OF VALUE-ADDED TAX AND CONSUMPTION TAX ON ENTERPRISE WITHFOREIGN INVESTMENT
(State Administration of Taxation: 15 September 1994 Coded GuoShui Fa [1994] No. 205)
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To the tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, the tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning:
After studying the question concerning the handling of the already
levied tax in stock in the early period related to enterprise with foreign
investment, we hereby notify you of the following:
I. The already collected tax (hereinafter referred to as "already
levied tax") contained in the 1994 initial stock involved in the export
products produced by enterprise with foreign investment cannot be deducted
but rather should be included in and handled as the product cost.
When the products produced by an enterprise with foreign investment
include both for internal sales and for export; the already levied tax on
the export products shall be calculated separately; products that cannot
be calculated separately or cannot be clearly divided, they shall be
divided and determined in accordance with the proportion of sales volume
between products for internal sales and products for export.
II. When the extra tax paid by an enterprise with foreign investment
due to the change-over to the levy of value-added tax and consumption tax
needs to be refunded, the amount of the extra tax payment should be
deducted first from the already levied tax, after the already levied tax
is all deducted, the extra tax payment shall be returned in accordance
with the related stipulations of Circular of the State Administration of
Taxation on Some Specific Questions Concerning the Extra Tax Paid by
Enterprise with Foreign Investment After the Change-over to the Collection
of Value-Added Tax and Consumption Tax, a document coded Guo Shui Fa
[1994] No. 115.
III. After the switch-over to the collection of value-added tax and
consumption tax, if a foreign-funded enterprise which had not paid extra
tax, then before new regulations are published, the already levied tax on
its initial stocks shall still be handled in accordance with the
stipulations of the Supplementary Circular on the Question Concerning the
Calculation and Handling of the Already Levied Tax on the Initial Stock in
1994 for Ordinary Payer of Value-Added Tax, a document of the Ministry of
Finance and the State Administration of Taxation Coded (94) Cai Shui Zi
No. 019.
IV. The competent tax authorities at various levels should conduct
conscientious examination and verification of the already levied tax on
the initial stock of 1994 declared by an enterprise with foreign
investment, and establish an examination and approval system. The already
levied tax declared by the tax payer that has not been examined and
verified by the competent tax authorities shall not be handled without
exception. Those who practice fraud. expand or submit false report on
already levied tax which result in paying no or less payable tax shall be
disqualified for the deduction of already collected tax, and their case
shall be dealt with in accordance with the stipulations concerning tax
evasion as set in the Law of the People's Republic of China for the
Collection and Management of Tax.
V. The concrete operational methods shall be formulated in accordance
with the above-mentioned principle by the state tax bureaus of various
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the state tax bureaus
regions and municipalities and the state tax bureaus of various cities
with independent planning, and reported to the State Administration of
Taxation for the record.
y Levied Tax on the Initial Stock in
1994 for Ordinary Payer of Value-Added Tax, a document of the Ministry of
Finance and the State Administration of Taxation Coded (94) Cai Shui Zi
No. 019.
IV. The competent tax authorities at various levels should conduct
conscientious examination and verification of the already levied tax on
the initial stock of 1994 declared by an enterprise with foreign
investment, and establish an examination and approval system. The already
levied tax declared by the tax payer that has not been examined and
verified by the competent tax authorities shall not be handled without
exception. Those who practice fraud. expand or submit false report on
already levied tax which result in paying no or less payable tax shall be
disqualified for the deduction of already collected tax, and their case
shall be dealt with in accordance with the stipulations concerning tax
evasion as set in the Law of the People's Republic of China for the
Collection and Management of Tax.
V. The concrete operational methods shall be formulated in accordance
with the above-mentioned principle by the state tax bureaus of various
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the state tax bureaus
regions and municipalities and the state tax bureaus of various cities
with independent planning, and reported to the State Administration of
Taxation for the record.
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