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Annual Review of Qualification of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax
(04/06/2005)
Processing Authority: Shanghai Municipal Office of State Administration of Taxation, and each office of State Administration of Taxation at the district/county level of Shanghai Municipality
Application Formalities:
(1) The common taxpayer shall, prior to the annual review for each year, go to the competent taxation authority for the Application Form for Annual Review, fill in it according to the applicable provisions, and execute and seal it upon completion.
(2) The taxpayer shall present the completed Application Form for Annual Review to the competent taxation authority with the relevant materials as follows:
1) the copy of the certificate of registration of the state taxation;
2) the annual financial final accounting statement;
3) the statement of use of the special invoices for value-added tax (the annual summary); and
4) other materials required by the competent taxation authority.
(3) The competent taxation authority will, subject to the applicable provisions, review any and all of above materials and the Application Form for Annual Review presented by the taxpayer, make the conclusion of the annual review, inform the common taxpayer in writing, and return one copy of the Application Form for Annual Review, the copy of the certificate of registration of the state taxation, the annual financial final accounting statement and other materials to the common taxpayer.
(4) The common taxpayer passing the annual review may, upon the Notice on Pass of Annual Review of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax of Shanghai Municipality, present both the copy of the certificate of registration of the state taxation and the Printed Book for Purchase of Invoices to the competent taxation authority which will stick the marking label of "Pass of Annual Review of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax of Shanghai Municipality (Year of )" on both the certificate and the Book.
Processing Procedures:
(1) The common taxpayer shall, prior to the annual review for each year, go to the competent taxation authority for the Application Form for Annual Review, fill in it item by item wherein according to the applicable provisions, and execute and seal it upon completion.
(2) The taxpayer shall present the completed Application Form for Annual Review to the competent taxation authority with the required materials.
(3) The competent taxation authority will, subject to the applicable provisions, review any and all of above materials and the Application Form for Annual Review presented by the taxpayer, make the conclusion of the annual review, inform the common taxpayer in writing, and return one copy of the Application Form for Annual Review, the copy of the certificate of registration of the state taxation, the annual financial final accounting statement and other materials to the common taxpayer.
(4) The common taxpayer passing the annual review may, upon the Notice on Pass of Annual Review of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax of Shanghai Municipality, present both the copy of the certificate of registration of the state taxation and the Printed Book for Purchase of Invoices to the competent taxation authority which will stick the marking label of "Pass of Annual Review of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax of Shanghai Municipality (Year of )" on both the certificate and the Book.
Charging Standard & Basis:
(1) Charging Standard: RMB 50 per time for the newly held common taxpayer of value-added tax
(2) Charging Basis: Reply to the Letter by the Municipal Office of State Taxation Administration on Application for Verification of Charges for Certificate of Annual Review of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax [Hu Jia Xing (1996) No.147 and Hu Cai Zong No.27] jointly issued by Shanghai Pricing Bureau and Shanghai Finance Bureau
Filing Authority: Shanghai Finance Bureau (Shanghai Municipal Office of State Administration of Taxation and Shanghai Local Taxation Bureau)
Processing Address:
Registration Center under Shanghai Finance Bureau, No. 1060, Lujiabang Road, Shanghai
Taxation Bureau of Pudong New Area, No. 2980, Middle Yanggao Road, Shanghai
Processing Time: 1. On Mondays through Fridays except for statutory festivals or holidays.
2. See accepting time announced by each sub-bureau respectively for details of processing time.
Time Limit for Processing: The competent taxation authority shall, within thirty days upon receipt of the Declaration Form of Common Taxpayer of Value-Added Tax, complete review whereof.
Qualified Application Subject:
(1) Any and all of the commercial enterprises with a VAT annual taxable sales amount of or over RMB 1,800,000 and the sound financial accounting system or any and all of the non-commercial enterprises with an annual taxable sales amount of or over RMB 300,000 and the sound financial accounting system can generally be held as the common taxpayers of value-added tax. The commercial enterprise here means the enterprise, the enterprise-nature entity or the individual engaging in wholesales or retails of goods, or he enterprise, the enterprise-nature entity or the individual engaging in wholesales or retails of goods as the major business and in production of goods or provision of taxable labor services as the minor business. Engaging in wholesales or retails of goods as the major business here means the sales amount of such activity accounts for a proportion more than 50% of the total sales amount pf all VAT taxable activities.
(2) Any newly incorporated enterprise cannot apply for such holding as a common taxpayer of value-added tax unless the time of operation has reached half a year where the competent taxation authority will, subject to its volume of sales and the financial accounting condition, determine whether it can be held as a common taxpayer, provided, however, that some newly incorporated enterprises with the relatively large investment, relatively large estimated sales amount, relatively strong financial strength, and independent configuration of the financial and accounting departments can be temporarily held as the common taxpayers. Any and all of taxpayers shall, after one year upon starting business, apply for being held as a common taxpayer subject to the actual annual taxable sales amount.