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CIRCULAR ON ISSUING THE SECOND LIST OF ITEMS FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES(FUNDS) EXEMPT FROM BUSINESS TAX

Category  TAXATION Organ of Promulgation  The State Council Status of Effect  In Force
Date of Promulgation  1997-12-03 Effective Date  1997-12-03  


Circular on Issuing the Second List of Items for the Collection of Fees(funds) Exempt From Business Tax


APPENDIX:SECOND LIST OF ITEMS FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES(FUNDS) EXEMPT

(Approved by the State Council and promulgated by the Ministry of
Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on December 3, 1997)

    In pursuance of the relevant provisions of the Circular on Adjusting
the Policy for Business Tax on Fees(Funds) Collected for Administrative
Purposes(Cai Shui No.[1997] 5, the Second List of Items for the Collection
of Fees(Funds) Exempt from Business Tax is hereby issued to you for
compliance in implementation.

    To facilitate the implementation of the provisions of Cai Shui No. [1997]
5 Document and further standardize the policy for business tax for collection
of fees(funds) for administrative purposes, the questions relating to business
tax for the collection of fees(funds) for administrative purposes are further
clarified as follows:

    I.With respect to collection of fees or funds for administrative purposes
approved by the Central Government and integrated into financial budget
management or designated financial account management, lists of items
for the collection of fees(funds) exempt from business tax shall be issued
in batches upon examination and verification of the Ministry of Finance
and the State Administration of Taxation; with respect to collection of fees
for administrative purposes approved by the provincial authorities and
integrated into financial budget management or designated financial account
management, lists of items for the collection of fees exempt from business
tax shall be issued in batches upon examination and verification of provincial departments(bureaus) of finance and local tax bureaus
and
submitted to the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation for the record.

    II.Pending integration into financial budget management and designated
financial account management for the time being, business tax shall be
levied and collected according to regulations with respect to the collection
of fees or funds already included in the lists of items exempt from business
tax. Specific measures shall be worked out by the departments(bureaus) of finance and local tax bureaus.

    III.The collection of fees or funds abolished in the process of sorting
out and consolidation, if already included in the lists of items for the
collection of fees(funds) exempt from business tax, shall be automatically
deleted from the lists.

    This Circular shall enter into force as of the date of promulgation.

APPENDIX:SECOND LIST OF ITEMS FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES(FUNDS) EXEMPT
FROM BUSINESS TAX


Serial number   Item         Approval Document No.     Competent
Department

      1       License fee for   Jia Fei Zi No.(91)549    
Justice

              lawyers’ work

      2       Civil litigation  Cai Wen Zi No.(96)4

              fee

      3       Service charge    Jia Fei Zi No.(92)618

              for application

              for foreign law
      firms

      4       Survey fee        Jia
Fei Zi No.(91)549

      5       Registration fee  Jia Fei Zi No.(91)613
      for qualification
      examination for
      legal advisors

      6       Registration fee  Jia Fei Zi No.(91)539
      for qualification
      examination for
      notary public

      7       Fee for the cost  Gun Control Law          
Public Security

              of gun control

              certificates

      8       Fee for the cost  Jia Fei Zi No.(92)240

              of special

              cutters control

              certificates

      9       Fee for the cost        
ditto

              of explosives
      control
      certificates

     10       Fee for the cost        ditto
      of census register
      certificates

     11       Fee for the cost         ditto

              of residents’
      identity cards

     12       Visa fee and            
ditto

              certificate fee

              for foreigners

     13       Service charge          
ditto
      and certificate
      fee for entry
      and exit
      applications by
      citizens

     14       Fee for
      certificates for         ditto

              travel to and from
      Hong Kong and Macao

     15       Service charge for       ditto
      application for

              Chinese citizenship

     16       Automotive vehicles      ditto

              management fee

     17       Drivers management       ditto

              fee

     18       Bedding and clothing     ditto
      management fee

     19       Fee for the cost         ditto
      of frontier
      inspection

              certificates

     20       Fee for outside-         ditto

              port frontier

              inspection

              supervision

     21       Collection of fee        ditto

              for inspection book of

              vessels travelling

              to and from Hong Kong
      and Macao

     22       Fee for certificates     ditto

              for sea-bound vessels

              and crew

     23       Fee for production       Ji Jia Ge No.(94)238

              license for fire

              extinguisher products

     24       Fee for production       ditto

              license for burglar

              alarm controls

     25       Fee for production       ditto
      license for active

              infrared intrusion

              probes

     26       Licenses for special    Ji Jia Ge No.(94)916

              trades

     27       Handling charge for     Jia Fei Zi No.(92)175

              major and

              catastrophic

              traffic accidents

     28       Passport fee            Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)198  Foreign Affairs

     29       Certification fee       ditto

     30       Visa processing fee     ditto

              foreign citizens

              collected by

              Chinese embassies

              and consulates in

              foreign countries

     31       Notary and translation  ditto
      fee collected by
      Chinese embassies
      and consulates in

              foreign countries

     32       Registration fee        Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)249  Civil Affairs
      for associations
      and societies

     33       Fee for Marriage        ditto

              certificates   

     34       Service charge          ditto

              for the registration
      of marriage,

              restoration of a
      marriage and divorce

              involving foreign

              nationals

     35       Registration fee        Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)349

              for adoption

     36       Management fee          Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)249

              for social welfare
      production

     37       Fee for adoption        Cai
Zong Zi No.(97)10

              services

     38       Enterprise              Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)414  Industry and

              registration fee                              
Commerce

     39       Registration fee        ditto

              for individual

              households of               industry
and

              commerce

     40       Registration fee        ditto

              for advertising

              management units

     41       Trademark              
Cai Zong Zi No.(95)88

              registration fee

     42       Management fee for      Jia Fei Zi No.(92)414

              country markets

     43       Management fee for      ditto

              individual households

              of industry and

              commerce

     44       Arbitration fee and     ditto

              certification fee for

              economic contracts

     45       Fee for the cost of     ditto
      model copy of

              economic contracts

     46       Fee for the cost of     Ji Jia Ge No.(94)830  
Personnel

              special technique

              qualification
      ceertificate

     47       Fee for certificates    Ji Jia Ge No.(95)611

              of workers’ technical

              positions in organs &

              institutions

     48       Training fee for        Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)253

              high-ranking public
      servants

     49       Registration and        Ji
Wu Jia No.(93)24

              examination fee

              for economists’

              qualification

              examination

     50       Fee for the cost        Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)268   Labor

              of wage fund

              management manual

     51       Fee for the cost        ditto

              of employment

              certificate for

              foreigners

     52       Fee for labor          
ditto

              insurance certificate

              for workers and staff

              members in foreign aid

              projects

     53       Fee for qualification   ditto

              certificates for

              technicians  

     54       Fee for qualification   ditto

              certificates for

              high-grade technicians

     55       Fee for technical       ditto

              grade certificates    

     56       Fee for operation       ditto

              certificates for

              personnel in

              special operations

     57       Fee for qualification   ditto

              certificates for safe

              production in rural

              and township coal mine

              pits

     58       Fee for employment      Ji Jia Ge No.(94)812

              certificates for

              personnel of Taiwan,

              Hong Kong and Macao

     59       License fee for         Ji
Jia Ge No.(95)339

              boiler pressure

              container production

     60       Labor dispute          
Jia Fei Zi No.(92)268

              arbitration fee

     61       Labor contract          ditto

              certification fee

     62       Inspection fee for      ditto

              special articles for

              labor protection

     63       Inspection fee for      ditto

              general articles for

              labor protection

     64       Inspection fee for      ditto

              boilers and pressure

              containers

     65       Inspection fee for      ditto

              vocational safety

              an hygiene and

              environmental

              safety and hygiene

     66       Service charge for      Jia Fei Zi No.(92)293  
Customs

              customs surveillance

              and control

     67       Service charge for       ditto

              the approval of               international

              containers

     68       Fee for certificates     ditto

              for import and export

              of goods

     69       Fee for the cost of      ditto

              enforcing blockade

              by customs

     70       Service charge for       ditto

              the registration of               clearing
units

     71       Service charge for       ditto

              import commodities

              tax refund

     72       Fee for documents        ditto  

     73       Surcharge for delaying   ditto

              declaration of import

              goods

     74       Service charge for       ditto

              surveillance and

              control of goods

              in warehouses under

              export surveillance

              and control

     75       Fee for putting on       Ji Wu Jia No.(95)1594

              record intellectual

              property rights

              protection    

     76       Adjustment fee for       ditto

              ATA documents book              

     77       Training, examination    Jia Fei Zi No.(92)293

              and certificate
      issuing fees for
      customs clearers

     78       Documents checking       ditto
      fee

     79       Vehicle inspection       ditto

              fee

     80       Patent fee              
Ji Jia Ge No.(94)971        Patents

     81       Registration and         Jia
Fei Zi No.(92)332
      examination fee for
      patents agents’
      qualification
      examination

     82       Archive fee        Jia Fei Zi No.(92)130&n