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SUPPLEMENTARY CIRCULAR OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TAXATION ON TAXATION ON THE INCOME OBTAINED DURING ESTABLISHMENT OF ENTERPRISES WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT

The State Administration of Taxation

Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Taxation on the Income Obtained During Establishment of Enterprises
with Foreign Investment

GuoShuiHanFa [1995] No.494

September 6, 1995

The state tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities
separately listed on the State plan:

Some issues were specified about the taxation on non-productive business income obtained in the establishment of enterprises with
foreign investment in Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Taxation on the Income Obtained During Establishment of
Enterprises with Foreign Investment (GuoShuiFa [1995] No.140, hereinafter referred to as Circular). This is to offer some supplementary
rules:

I.

The productive enterprises referred to in the Circular whose tax rate is to be counted according to Article 7 of the Income Tax Law
of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprises with Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises (hereinafter referred to as “the
Tax Law”) are only limited to those productive enterprises in the special economic districts; otherwise Article 5 of the Tax Law
shall apply to the tax rate for the above-mentioned income obtained by other productive enterprises.

II.

Non-productive business income, if any, should be incorporated into the taxable income in the initial business year, and the principles
specified in Article 77 of the Rules for the Implementation of Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprises with
Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises and the Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Taxation Preferential Treatment
for Enterprises with Foreign Investment with Both Productive and Non-productive Businesses (GuoShuiFa [1994] No.209) shall apply
with regard to the treatment with income tax of the year.



 
The State Administration of Taxation
1995-09-06