The value added tax ("VAT") is imposed on the entity and individual engaged in marketing goods, providing processing, repair or replacements services or importing goods within China. The VAT taxpayer is classified into the general taxpayer and the small-scale taxpayer. As for the general taxpayer, the VAT is imposed on the increment value of its sale (or import) of goods or provision of processing, repair and/or replacements services, the basic tax rate is 17%, the lower tax rate is 13%, and the tax rate for export goods is 0; as for the small-scale taxpayer, a simplified system of computation of tax payable is applied, and the rate is 3%.
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Generally, the prescribed time limit for paying VAT is 1 month. In addition, based on the amount of VAT payable by the taxpayer, there are other six types of the prescribed time limit for paying VAT, i.e. 1 day, 3 days, 5 days, 10 days, 15 days and 1 quarter, of which the prescribed time limit of 1 quarter only applies to the small-scale taxpayer. The taxpayer shall file tax returns within the period from the 1st day to the 15th day of the next month, and in case tax cannot be paid on the basis of the time limit, the taxpayer may pay tax on each transaction.
VAT on goods, overseen by the State Administration of Taxation, was introduced into China in 1994 and replaced the Consolidated Industrial and Commercial Tax. There is a separate tax regime, Chinese Business Tax, for the provision of certain services. This system is being fundamentally overhauled at the moment, with a successful Chinese VAT pilot in 2012 being extended across China since August 2013.
The VAT taxpayers include any enterprise, unit and other individual engaged in sales of goods, importation of goods, provision of services of processing, repairs and replacement (hereinafter referred to as 'taxable services' in short) within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
| Coverage of collection | Rates |
|---|---|
| Exportation of goods (except otherwise stipulated by the State) | 0% |
| 13% |
| Crude oil, mine salt and goods other than those listed above, and services of processing, repairs and replacement. | 17% |
To compute the VAT payable, the normal taxpayers need to separately calculate the output tax and the input tax for the current period. Then the difference between the output tax and the input tax shall be the actual amount of VAT payable.
The formula for computing the tax payable is as follows:
Tax payable = Output tax payable for the current period - Input tax for the current period
Output tax payable = Sales volume in the current period × Applicable tax rate
Small taxpayers are taxed on the basis of the revenue derived from sales of goods or provision of taxable services by applying proper rates (4% for commercial sector, and 6% for other sectors).
The computing formula is:
Tax payable = Sales amount × Applicable rate
The imported goods are taxed on the basis of the composite assessable price by applying the applicable tax rate.
When the 0% VAT is rate applicable to exported goods, the exporters may apply to the tax authorities for the input tax refund on those goods exported. At present, the refund rates consist of 5%, 6%, 9%, 11%, 13% and 17%.
The exempted items include: self-produced primary agricultural products sold by agricultural producing units and individuals; imported goods being processed for exportation; the self-use equipment imported out of the total investment for the projects with foreign investment or domestic investment which are encouraged by the State;