(State Council: 13 December 1993)
(State Council: 13 December 1993)
Whole Doc.
Article 1
All units and individuals engaged in the exploitation of mineral
products as prescribed in these Regulations or production of salt within
the territory of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to
as `exploiting or producing taxable products') are taxpayers of Resource
Tax (hereinafter referred to as `taxpayers') and shall pay Resource Tax in
accordance with these Regulations.
Article 2
The taxable items and tax amounts of Resource tax shall be determined
in accordance with the attached to these Regulations as well as the relevant stipulations
of the Ministry of Finance.
Any adjustments to the taxable items and tax amount range shall be
determined by the State Council.
Article 3
The specific tax amount applicable to taxpayers shall be determined.
within a prescribed tax amount range, by the Ministry of Finance in
consultation with the relevant departments of the State Council in
accordance with the resource situation of the taxable products exploited
or produced by taxpayers.
Article 4
Taxpayers exploiting or producing taxable products under different
taxable items. The assessable volume of the taxable products under
different taxable items shall be accounted for separately. If the
assessable volume of the taxable products under different taxable items
has not been accounted for separately or cannot be accurately provided,
the higher tax amount shall apply.
Article 5
The tax payable for Resource Tax shall be computed in accordance with
the assessable volume of the taxable products and the prescribed unit tax
amount. The formula for computing the tax payable is as follows:
Tax payable = Assessable volume x Unit tax amount
Article 6
The assessable volume of Resource Tax is as follows:
(1) For taxpayers exploiting or producing taxable products for
sale, the sales volume shall be the assessable volume.
(2) For taxpayers exploiting or producing taxable products for own
use, the self-used volume shall be the assessable volume.
Article 7
Resource Tax shall be reduced or exempt under any one of the
following circumstances:
(1) Crude oil used for heating or repairing wells in the course of
exploiting crude oil shall be exempt.
(2) For taxpayers sustaining huge losses due to such reasons as
accidents or natural disasters in the course of exploiting or producing
taxable products, tax reduction or exemption shall be determined at the
discretion of the People's governments of the provinces, autonomous
regions or municipalities directly under the central government.
(3) Other tax reduction or exemption items as stipulated by the State
Council.
Article 8
The assessable volume of the tax reduced or exempt items of the
taxpayer shall be accounted for separately. If the assessable volume has
not been accounted for separately or cannot be accurately provided, no
reduction or exemption shall be granted.
Article 9
For taxpayers selling taxable products, the time at which the tax
liability arises shall be the day on which the sales sum is received or
documented evidence of right to collect the sales sum is obtained. For
self-produced taxable products for own use, the time at which the tax
liability arises shall be the day on which the products are removed for
use.
Article 10
Resource Tax shall be collected by the tax authorities.
Article 11
The units purchasing untaxed mineral products shall be the Resource
Tax withholding agent.
Article 12
The Resource Tax payable by taxpayers shall be paid to the local
competent tax authorities where the taxable products are exploited or
produced. For taxpayers exploiting or producing taxable products within
the boundaries of their own provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, any adjustments in the tax payment location shall be
determined by the tax authorities of the provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities.
Article 13
The assessable period for taxpayers shall be one day, three days,
five days, ten days, fifteen days or one month to be determined by the
competent tax authorities according to the actual circumstances; tax that
cannot be assessed in regular periods may be assessed on a
transaction-by-transaction basis.
Taxpayers that adopt one month as an assessable period shall report
and pay tax within ten days following the end of the period. If an
assessable period of one day, three days, five days, ten days or fifteen
days is adopted, the tax shall be prepaid within five days following the
end of the period and a monthly return shall be filed with any balance of
tax due settled within ten days from the first day of the following month.
The tax payment deadlines for withholding agents shall be determined
with reference to the stipulations of the above two paragraphs.
Article 14
The collection and administration of Resource Tax shall be conducted
in accordance with the relevant regulations of the and these
Regulations.
Article 15
The Ministry of Finance shall be responsible for the interpretation
of these Regulations and for the formulation of the Detailed Rules and
Regulations for the implementation of these Regulations.
Article 16
These Regulations shall come into effect from January, 1, 1994. The
and
the
promulgated by the State Council on September 18, 1984 shall be repealed
on the same date.
RESOURCE TAX TAXABLE ITEMS AND TAX AMOUNT RANGE TABLE
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Taxable
Items Tax Amount Range
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1. Crude oil 8-30 yuan/ton
2. Natural gas 2-15 yuan/1000 cubic metres
3. Coal 0.3-5 yuan/ton
4. Other non-metal ores 0.5-20 yuan/ton or one cubic metre
5. Ferrous metal ores 2-30 yuan/ton
6. Non-ferrous metal ores 0.4-30 yuan/ton
7. Salt
Solid salt 10-60 yuan/ton
Liquid salt 2-10 yuan/ton
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