CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE LEVY OF STAMP TAX ON EN-TERPRISE WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE LEVY OF STAMP TAX ON EN-TERPRISE WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
(State Administration of Taxation: 7 April 1994 Coded Guo Shui Fa[1994] No. 095)
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To the tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, the tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning and to various sub-bureaus of the Offshore Oil Tax
Administration:
In line with the stipulation of the State Council Circular On
Questions Related to the Provisional Regulations Concerning the Levy of
Applicable Value-Added Tax, Consumption Tax and Business Tax on Enterprise
with Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises, foreign enterprises with
foreign investment, foreign enterprises and other economic organizations
and their offices in China (hereinafter referred to as "enterprises")
shall, beginning from January 1, 1994, pay stamp tax in accordance with
the Provisional Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Stamp Tax
and detailed rules for its implementation. Related issues are hereby
clarified as follows:
I. Enterprises which had contracted to be established before December
31, 1993 and have received various dutiable certificates, including
contracts, property rights transfer certificates, business account books
and licenses of rights are exempt from stamp tax.
II. Enterprises which had signed dutiable contracts before December
31, 1993, revised the contracts after January 1, 1994 to increase the
amount of investment or signed a new contract after the expiration of the
original contract shall pay stamp tax according to regulations.
III. For capital actually received and capital accumulations
increased after January 1, 1994 as recorded in the account book, stamp tax
shall be levied on the increased portion; the capital actually received
and capital accumulations which have not increased as recorded in the new
account book are exempt from stamp tax; for other account books started
using after January 1, 1994, stamp tax shall be levied according to
regulations.
IV. For property right transfer certificates and right license
obtained by the enterprise before December 31, 1993 which were revised,
replaced or transferred, stamp tax shall be levied according to
regulations.
V. If the amount of lump sum stamp tax to be recorded in the account
book of the enterprise is too big, with approval from competent tax
authorities, deficient stamp tax payments are allowed to be made up by
instalments within three years. Enterprises with an operational period
less than three years shall make up the deficient stamp tax payment within
the operational period.
VI. The current regulations on stamp tax shall be acted upon in
regard to other tax-exemption matters.
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