CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING POLICY LINKS RELATED TO THECOLLECTION OF TURNOVER TAX ON FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN CONTRACTING TO UNDERTAKEENGINEERING OPERATION AND PROVIDE LABOR SERVICES
CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING POLICY LINKS RELATED TO THECOLLECTION OF TURNOVER TAX ON FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN CONTRACTING TO UNDERTAKEENGINEERING OPERATION AND PROVIDE LABOR SERVICES
(State Administration of Taxation: 20 September 1994 Coded GuoShui Fa [1994] No. 214)
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To the state tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, the state tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning and various sub-bureaus of the Off-shore Oil Tax Administration:
With regard to taxation related to foreign companies, enterprises and
other economic organizations which come to China to engage in undertaking
contracted projects operation and providing labor service, previously we
worked out a series of stipulations, after implementation of the new tax
system, the question regarding policy links is hereby clarified as
follows:
I. For foreign companies, enterprises and other economic
organizations which undertook contracted project operation and provided
labor service before December 31, 1993, the prices for the machinery,
equipment and building materials they purchased or manufactured on a
commission basis to meet the needs of the contractee's engineering
operation or labor service projects are allowed to be deducted from the
total value of business income from contracted projects or labor service
projects and then business tax is calculated and paid, this stipulation is
implemented till the expiration of the contract (excluding the extended
period of the contract).
II. For trade contracts on the sales of machinery and equipment which
were signed by foreign businessmen with Chinese enterprises before the end
of 1990 and contracts on providing related services for transforming the
existing technologies of Chinese enterprises, if they conform with related
stipulations on tax exemption as set in Article 2 of the document coded
Cai Shui Zi (83) No. 149, their tax exemption period may be allowed to
continue up till the expiration of the contract (excluding the extended
period of the contract).
III. The question concerning the levying of tax on the business
income gained by foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese domestic
enterprises or cooperate with Chinese enterprises in designing for
construction and engineering projects.
(1) With regard to foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese
enterprises with designing for construction and engineering projects,
except that before the start of designing, people are sent to China to
conduct on-the-spot exploration, gathering materials and fact-finding, the
businesses including the designing formula, calculation and drawing are
all carried out outside China, after completion of the design, the
blueprints are handed to Chinese domestic enterprises. This situation can
be regarded as providing labor service outside China, all the designing
business income gained by foreign businessmen from China shall be exempt
from business tax.
(2) For foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese domestic
enterprises or cooperate or join with Chinese enterprises in designing for
construction and engineering projects, except that before the start of
designing work, people are sent to China to conduct on-the-spot
exploration, gathering materials and fact- finding, all the business
including designing formula, calculation and drawing are wholly or
partially conducted outside China, after completion of designing, people
are again sent to China to explain the blueprint and exercise supervision
and management and giving technical guidance for the construction of the
construction and engineering projects they design, except for the prices
charged for the design labor service provided outside China are allowed to
be deducted, business tax shall be levied on the remaining income in
accordance with related stipulations concerning business tax. But if the
contract on entrusted designing or cooperative (joint) designing lacks
clear indication of the prices for designing labor service provided
outside China or fails to provide accurate certificate to correctly divide
the designing labor service provided in or outside China, tax shall be
calculated and levied together with the business income gained from
provision of designing labor service within China.
(3) The income gained from the designing for construction and
engineering projects conducted by foreign businessmen before December 31,
1993 can be handled in a relaxed manner, tax shall be levied at the
original applicable rate, this stipulation shall be implemented till the
expiration of the contract (excluding the extended period of the
contract).
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