WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE LEVY OF TAX ON THE USEFEES COLLECTED ON THE USE RIGHTS TO THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROVIDED BYFOREIGN BUSINESSMEN
WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE LEVY OF TAX ON THE USEFEES COLLECTED ON THE USE RIGHTS TO THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROVIDED BYFOREIGN BUSINESSMEN
(State Administration of Taxation: 10 June 1994 Coded Guo Shui HanFa [1994] No. 304)
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To the Beijing Municipal Tax Bureau:
We have acknowledged the receipt of your letter dated June 1, 1994
coded Jing Shui Wai (94) No. 343, asking for Instructions on Questions
Concerning the Levy of Tax on the Use Fees Collected on the Use Rights to
the Computer Software Provided by Foreign Businessmen. With regard to the
question concerning the levy of tax on the computer software sold or
computer software use rights provided by foreign businessmen to users
within China, our Administration has laid down stipulations Coded (86) Cai
Shui Zi No. 235, the related contents of Article 1 of that document are
hereby further clarified as follows:
I. If foreign businessmen who provide computer software use rights to
users within China in the form of providing patent or copyright use
licenses, or although the computer software has not been regarded as
patent right or copyrights, they provide computer software use rights to
users within China in the form of laying down restrictive clauses
including the scope, method and time limit of use. The use fees collected
therefrom by foreign businessmen shall be regarded as income from
royalties on which income tax shall be levied.
II. If foreign businessmen who transfer computer software to users
within China not by adopting the method of providing use rights and who do
not lay down any prescribed conditions on the use of software, the income
gained therefrom by the foreign businessmen may be regarded as income from
the sales of auxiliary computer products, income tax is exempted.
in the form of providing patent or copyright use
licenses, or although the computer software has not been regarded as
patent right or copyrights, they provide computer software use rights to
users within China in the form of laying down restrictive clauses
including the scope, method and time limit of use. The use fees collected
therefrom by foreign businessmen shall be regarded as income from
royalties on which income tax shall be levied.
II. If foreign businessmen who transfer computer software to users
within China not by adopting the method of providing use rights and who do
not lay down any prescribed conditions on the use of software, the income
gained therefrom by the foreign businessmen may be regarded as income from
the sales of auxiliary computer products, income tax is exempted.
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