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The State Administration of Finance
Circular of the Ministry of Finance on the Limit of Authority of Examining and Approving the Investment Reclaim by the Foreign Copartners
of Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
CaiGongZi [1998] No.20
March 11,1998
All the local finance departments (bureaus) of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government
and municipalities separately listed on the State plan, all the offices of financial inspection commissioners in various provinces,
autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan and
Corps of production and construction of Xinjiang:
The issue on the limit of authority of examining and approving the investment reclaim before paying the income tax of enterprises
by the foreign copartner of Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures has been recently required for clarification from the Ministry.
After investigation, the following is the notification:
Whereas Article 22 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Ventures prescribing that the
foreign copartners of the Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures should apply the financial and taxation institutions for inspection
and approval when they plan to reclaim the investment before paying the tax contract in terms of the contract, the central Chinese-foreign
contractual joint ventures who are registered in the offices of financial inspection commissioners stationed in the provinces, autonomous
regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan by the State
Administration of Finance should be examined and approved by the State Administration of Finance through the hereinabove corresponding
institutions . The local Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures who are registered in the local financial institutions should
be approved by the financial departments (bureaus) of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central
Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan level by level.
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