发文单位：财政部 中华人民共和国财政部
发布日期：1985-5-15
执行日期：1985-5-15
INTERIM PROVISIONS CONCERNING IMPOSITION OF CONSOLIDATED INDUS-TRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX AND ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX ON RESIDENT REPRE-SENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
(Approved by the State Council on April 11, 1985; promulgated bythe Ministry of Finance on May 15, 1985)
Important Notice:
This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
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INTERIM PROVISIONS CONCERNING IMPOSITION OF CONSOLIDATED INDUS-
TRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX AND ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX ON RESIDENT REPRE-
SENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
(Approved by the State Council on April 11, 1985; promulgated by
the Ministry of Finance on May 15, 1985)
The following Provisions are formulated in accordance with the provisions
of Articles 2 and 8 of The Regulations of the People's Republic of China
on Consolidated Industrial and Commercial Tax, Article 1 of the Income Tax
Law of the People's Republic of China for Foreign Enterprises and Articles
2 and 4 of the Rules for the Implementation thereof, and Article 9 of the
Interim Provisions of the State Council Concerning the Administration of
Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises, and the relevant
provisions of the tax treaties concluded between the Chinese Government
and foreign government in respect of issues concerning the imposition of
tax on resident representative offices of foreign enterprises:
1. Resident representative offices that conduct market surveys, provide
business information and perform other business liaison, consultation and
services activities on behalf of their head offices and for which no
business income or service income is received, shall not be subject to the
consolidated industrial and commercial tax or enterprise income tax.
Resident representative offices, appointed by enterprises within China to
act as agents outside China, and whose activities are performed
principally outside China, shall not be subject to tax on the income
derived there-from.
2. The following incomes of resident representative offices shall be
subject to tax:
(1) the commissions, rebates and service fees received by resident
representative offices on behalf of their head offices in respect of the
performance of agency assignments outside China for other enterprises and
for liaison negotiations and intermediary services within China;
(2) remuneration paid by clients according to a fixed scale during a
specified or the amount for representative services in respect of the
undertaking of market surveys, liaison work, receiving or collecting
business information and rendering of consultancy services within China by
resident representative offices for their clients (including clients of
their head offices);
(3) commissions, rebates and service fees received by resident
representative offices when engaging in business within China as agents
for other enterprises or in respect of the performance of liaison,
negotiation or intermediary services for economic and trade transactions
between other enterprises.
3. Tax in respect of liaison, negotiation or intermediary services
rendered by a resident representative office shall, if the amount of the
commission is specified clearly in the contract, be calculated and imposed
on the amount specified in the contract; if the amount of commission is
not specified clearly in the contract, and no accurate supporting
documents or correct report of the amount of commission income can be
provided, the local tax authorities may, by reference to a general level
of commission and the amount of business realized from the intermediary
services, determine an appropriate amount of commission as the basis on
which to calculate and impose taxes. In cases as mentioned in (1) of
Article 2 of these Provisions, where part of the agency services is
performed by its head office outside China, the resident representative
office shall report and submit relevant certificates and documents to the
local tax authorities for evaluation and determination of the amount of
commission which shall be subject to the filing of tax returns and payment
of tax in China.
4. Commission, rebates and service fees received by resident
representative offices in respect of performance of agency or intermediary
services that fall into the categories of taxable items listed in the
Schedule of Taxable Items and Tax Rates of the Consolidated Industrial and
Commercial Tax, shall be subject to the consolidated industrial and
commercial tax at a reduced rate of 5%. In cases where the enterprise
income tax shall be levied, the tax shall be assessed on the taxable
income calculated exactly from documents provided by the taxpayer as to
costs and expenses; where no such documentation is available, the tax
shall be assessed on the taxable income calculated on the basis of an
appropriate rate of profit, provisionally determined at 15% of the
business revenue in accordance with the provisions of Article 24 of the
Rules for the Implementation of the Income Tax Law of the People's
Republic of China for Foreign Enterprises.
5. "Enterprise" as mentioned in these Provisions encompasses
"corporation", "company" and "economic organization".
6. The Ministry of Finance shall be responsible for the interpretation of
these Provisions.
7. These Provisions shall come into force as of January 1, 1985.