CIRCULAR ON THE HANDLING METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STIPULATIONSCONCERNING THE LEVY OF TURNOVER TAX ON RESIDENCE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OFFOREIGN ENTERPRISES PUBLISHED BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1993
CIRCULAR ON THE HANDLING METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STIPULATIONSCONCERNING THE LEVY OF TURNOVER TAX ON RESIDENCE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OFFOREIGN ENTERPRISES PUBLISHED BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1993
(State Administration of Taxation: 16 March 1994 Coded Guo Shui Fa[1994] No. 070)
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To the tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, to the tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning and to various sub-bureaus of the Offshore Oil Tax
Administration:
Our Administration issued the Circular On the Handling Method for
Implementing the Stipulations Concerning the Levy of Turnover Tax on
Residence Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises Published Before
December 31, 1993, a document issued on January 18, 1994 Coded Guo Shui
Ming Dian [1994] No. 120, an additional document is hereby issued as
follows:
The Provisional Regulations of the People's Republic of China on
Business Tax and the detailed rules for its implementation had been put
into practice on January 1, 1994. The document concerning the levy of tax
on the residence representative offices of foreign enterprises published
prior to this, the stipulations on the levy of turnover tax, which have
been examined and verified, may continue to be used in principle, the
"consolidated industrial and commercial tax" set in the original
regulations, however, shall be changed into "business tax" the applicable
tax items shall be changed into "service trades", the applicable tax rate
is 5 percent. Documents that can continue to be used are listed as
follows:
I. The Provisional Regulations of the Ministry of Finance Concerning
the Levy of Consolidated Industrial and Commercial Tax and Enterprise
Income Tax on Residence Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises
published by the Ministry of Finance on May 15, 1985 and approved by the
State Council on April 11, 1985.
II. The Circular on the Question Concerning the Levy of Tax at
Lowering the Verified Profit Rate on the Residence Representative Offices
of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued by the Ministry of Finance on
October 6, 1985, Coded (86) Cai Shui Zi No. 290;
III. Several Policy-elated Business Issues outlined in the
Provisional Regulations Concerning the Levy of Consolidated Industrial and
Commercial Tax and Enterprise Income Tax on Residence Representative
Offices of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued by the Ministry of
Finance on May 13, 1986, Coded (85) Cai Shui Zi No. 122;
IV. Additional Regulations on the Question Concerning the Levy of
Consolidated Industrial and Commercial Tax and Enterprise Income Tax on
Residence Representative offices of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued
by the State Administration of Taxation on September 25, 1985, Coded (85)
Cai Shui Wai Zi No. 197;
V. Circular on the Question Concerning the Calculation and Levy of
Tax on the Verified Income Amount of Residence Representative Offices of
Foreign Enterprises, a document issued by the State Administration of
Taxation on September 19, 1985, Coded (85) Cai Shui Wai Zi No. 198;
VI. Circular on Lowering the Commission Rate for Residence
Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued by the
State Administration of Taxation on November 4, 1986, Coded (86) Cai Shui
Wai Zi No. 273;
VII. Circular on the Question Concerning the Method of Levying Tax on
Residence Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued
by the State Administration of Taxation on September 19, 1985, Coded (85)
Cai Shui Wai Zi No. 200;
VIII. Circular on the Question Concerning Differentiating
Self-Managed Commodities and Agency Commodities Undertaken by Residence
Representative offices of Foreign Enterprises, a document issued by the
State Administration of Taxation on March 1, 1986, Coded (86) Cai Shui Wai
Zi No. 053;
IX. Circular on the Question Concerning Determining the Tax- Levying
Method of Residence Representative offices, a document issued by the State
Administration of Taxation on March 3, 1986, Coded (86) Cai Shui Wai Zi
No. 055;
X. Circular on the Question Concerning Extending the Time Limit for
Residence Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises to Declare Payment
of Consolidated Industrial and Commercial Tax, a document issued by the
State Administration of Taxation on February 26, 1986, Coded (86) Cai Shui
Wai Zi No. 046;
XI. Circular Concerning That the Expenses Paid by the Residence
Representative offices of Foreign Enterprises for Their General Agency May
Not Be Taxed As the Expense Equivalent Income of the Residence
Representative Offices, a document issued by the State Administration of
Taxation on December 5, 1988, Coded (88) Guo Shui Wai Zi No. 333; and
XII. Circular on the Levy of Consolidated Industrial and Commercial
Tax and Enterprise Income Tax on the Commission and Service Charges Gained
From Advertising Business by Residence Representative Offices of Foreign
Enterprises, a document issued by the State Administration of Taxation on
December 12, 1988, Coded (88) Guo Shui Wai Zi No. 337.
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