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The 2012 worldwide VAT, GST and sales tax guide

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C HINA 113<br />

Indirect <strong>tax</strong> contact<br />

Kenneth Leung +86 (10) 5815-3808<br />

Email: kenneth.leung@cn.ey.com<br />

Hong Kong GMT +8<br />

Ernst & Young<br />

18/F, Two International Finance Centre<br />

8 Finance Street<br />

Central, Hong Kong<br />

Indirect <strong>tax</strong> contact<br />

Derek Lee +852 2629-3381<br />

Email: derek.lee@hk.ey.com<br />

Shanghai GMT +8<br />

Ernst & Young<br />

50/F, Shanghai World Financial Centre<br />

No. 100, Century Avenue<br />

Pudong New District<br />

Shanghai<br />

China 200120<br />

Indirect <strong>tax</strong> contacts<br />

Robert Smith +86 (21) 2228-2328<br />

Email: robert.smith@cn.ey.com<br />

Michael CS Lin +86 (21) 2228-3006<br />

Email: michael-cs.lin@cn.ey.com<br />

Bryan Tang +86 (21) 2228-2294<br />

Email: bryan.tang@cn.ey.com<br />

A. At a glance<br />

Name of the <strong>tax</strong><br />

Value-added <strong>tax</strong> (<strong>VAT</strong>)<br />

Introduced 1 January 1994<br />

Revised<br />

1 January 2009 <strong>and</strong> 1 January<br />

<strong>2012</strong> (Shanghai <strong>VAT</strong> pilot;<br />

see Section J)<br />

European Union (EU)<br />

member state<br />

No<br />

Administered by<br />

Ministry of Finance<br />

State Administration of<br />

Taxation (SAT)<br />

(http://www.china<strong>tax</strong>.gov.cn)<br />

<strong>VAT</strong> rates<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard 17%<br />

Reduced 3%/4%/6%/13%<br />

Other<br />

Exempt <strong>and</strong> exempt with credit<br />

Shanghai <strong>VAT</strong> pilot<br />

(for details, see Section J)<br />

General <strong>VAT</strong> <strong>tax</strong>payers 6%/11%/17%<br />

Small-scale <strong>VAT</strong> <strong>tax</strong>payers 3%<br />

<strong>VAT</strong> return periods Tax periods range from one day<br />

to one quarter<br />

Thresholds<br />

Registration<br />

Monthly turnover from<br />

RMB 5,000 to RMB 20,000 for<br />

supplies of goods

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