CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING TAX ON THE PROFITS EARNED BYENTERPRISE WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN ENTERPRISES AND INDIVIDUALFOREIGNERS FROM THE TRANSFER OF STOCKS (STOCK RIGHTS) AND ON DIVIDENDINCOME
CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING TAX ON THE PROFITS EARNED BYENTERPRISE WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN ENTERPRISES AND INDIVIDUALFOREIGNERS FROM THE TRANSFER OF STOCKS (STOCK RIGHTS) AND ON DIVIDENDINCOME
(State Administration of Taxation: 21 July 1993 Coded Guo Shui Fa[1993] No. 045)
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To the tax bureaus of various provinces, municipalities and
autonomous regions, the tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning and various sub-bureaus of the Offshore Oil Administration:
In accordance with related stipulations on the experimentation with
the shareholding system, the state permits some pilot enterprises to issue
domestic special shares (referred to as B- shares for short) in Renminbi
and shares issued and listed abroad (referred to as overseas shares), we
hereby clarify the question concerning tax on the profits earned by
enterprise with foreign investment, foreign enterprises and individual
foreigners from the transfer of the above-mentioned stocks (stock rights)
which they hold and from the incomes gained from dividends (bonuses):
I. Profits earned from the transfer of stocks (stock rights)
1. The net income earned by enterprise with foreign investment from
the transfer of stocks or stock rights, as well as the net incomes gained
by foreign enterprises through the offices and sites they set up within
China from the transfer of China's domestic enterprise shares which they
hold shall be charged into the amount of the enterprise's current taxable
incomes and income tax shall be paid. The net loss caused by the
transaction of the above-mentioned stocks may eat up the amount of the
enterprise's current taxable income.
2. The net profit earned by a foreign enterprise from the transfer of
B-shares issued by China's domestic enterprises and overseas stocks held
not by its offices and sites set up within China and the net incomes
gained by individual foreigners from the transfer of Be-shares issued by
China's domestic enterprises and overseas stocks are temporarily exempt
from income tax.
3. A foreign enterprise and individual foreigner, who earns income
from the transfer of the stock rights of enterprise with foreign
investment within China that exceeds the income gained from the transfer
of part of the amount of his investment, shall still pay withholding
income tax or individual income tax at a 20 percent rate in accordance
with the stipulations of the Documents of the Ministry of Finance (87)
coded Cai Shui Wai Zi No. 033 and the Document of the Ministry of Finance
(84) coded Cai Shui Zi No. 114.
II, Income from dividends
1. In accordance with the stipulations of Article 19 of the Income
Tax Law of the People's Republic of China on enterprise with foreign
investment and Foreign Enterprises and the stipulations of Clause 2 of
Article 5 of the Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Individual
Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China, the profits (dividends)
gained by foreign investors from the enterprise with foreign investment
and the dividends and bonuses gained by individual foreigners from the
Sino-foreign joint ventures are exempt from income tax.
2. The income from dividends (bonuses) gained by foreign enterprises
and individual foreigners who hold B-shares or overseas shares from
China's domestic enterprises which issue B-shares or overseas shares, is
temporarily exempt from enterprise income tax and individual income tax.
III. This Circular goes into effect from the day of receipt of the
document.
om income tax.
3. A foreign enterprise and individual foreigner, who earns income
from the transfer of the stock rights of enterprise with foreign
investment within China that exceeds the income gained from the transfer
of part of the amount of his investment, shall still pay withholding
income tax or individual income tax at a 20 percent rate in accordance
with the stipulations of the Documents of the Ministry of Finance (87)
coded Cai Shui Wai Zi No. 033 and the Document of the Ministry of Finance
(84) coded Cai Shui Zi No. 114.
II, Income from dividends
1. In accordance with the stipulations of Article 19 of the Income
Tax Law of the People's Republic of China on enterprise with foreign
investment and Foreign Enterprises and the stipulations of Clause 2 of
Article 5 of the Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Individual
Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China, the profits (dividends)
gained by foreign investors from the enterprise with foreign investment
and the dividends and bonuses gained by individual foreigners from the
Sino-foreign joint ventures are exempt from income tax.
2. The income from dividends (bonuses) gained by foreign enterprises
and individual foreigners who hold B-shares or overseas shares from
China's domestic enterprises which issue B-shares or overseas shares, is
temporarily exempt from enterprise income tax and individual income tax.
III. This Circular goes into effect from the day of receipt of the
document.
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