国家税务总局


国家税务总局关于外商承包工程作业和提供劳务征收流转税有关政策衔接问题的通知(附英文)
国家税务总局



各省、自治区、直辖市国家税务局，各计划单列市国家税务局，海洋石油税务管理局各分局：
关于外国公司、企业和其他经济组织来华进行承包工程作业和提供劳务的税收问题，过去曾作了一系列规定。新税制实施以后，政策如何衔接，现明确如下：
一、1993年12月31日前外国公司、企业和其他经济组织在华承包工程作业和提供劳务，代为采购或者代为制造出包方的工程作业或劳务项目所需用的机器设备、建筑材料的价款，可按原规定准予从承包工程或劳务项目的业务收入总额中扣除计算缴纳营业税，执行到合同期满（
不包括延长合同期）为止。
二、对外商在1990年底以前与我国企业签订销售机器设备的贸易合同和对我国企业现有技术的改造提供有关服务的合同，凡符合（83）财税字第149号文第二条有关免税规定的，其免税期限可以准予延续到执行合同期满（不包括延长合同期）为止。
三、关于对外商接受中国境内企业的委托或与中国境内企业合作进行建筑、工程等项目设计所取得的业务收入征税问题
（一）外商接受境内企业的委托，进行建筑、工程等项目的设计，除设计开始前派员来我国进行现场勘察、搜集资料、了解情况外，设计方案、计算、绘图等业务全部在中国境外进行，设计完成后，将图纸交给中国境内企业，对此种情况，可视为劳务在境外提供，对外商从我国取得的
全部设计业务收入，不征收营业税。
（二）外商接受中国境内企业委托或与中国境内企业合作（或联合）进行建筑、工程等项目的设计，除设计工作开始前派员来我国进行现场勘察、搜集资料、了解情况外，设计方案、计算、绘图等业务全部或部分是在中国境外进行，设计完成后，又派员来我国解释图纸并对其设计的建
筑、工程等项目的施工进行监督管理的技术指导，对其所取得的设计业务收入，除准予扣除其发生在中国境外的设计劳务部分所收取的价款外，其余收入应依照营业税的有关规定征收营业税。但对在委托设计或合作（或联合）设计合同中，没有载明其在中国境外提供设计劳务价款的，或者
不能提供准确的证明文件，正确划分其在中国境内或境外进行的设计劳务的，都应与其在中国境内提供的设计劳务所取得的业务收入合并计算征税。
（三）1993年12月31日前外商在华进行建筑、工程等项目设计所取得的收入，可从宽掌握，按原适用税率征税，执行到合同期满（不包括延长合同期）为止。

CIRCULAR ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING POLICY LINKS RELATED TO THECOLLECTION OF TURNOVER TAX ON FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN CONTRACTING TO UNDERTAKEENGINEERING OPERATION AND PROVIDE LABOR SERVICES

(State Administration of Taxation: 20 September 1994 Coded GuoShui Fa [1994] No. 214)

Whole Doc.

To the state tax bureaus of various provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities, the state tax bureaus of various cities with independent
planning and various sub-bureaus of the Off-shore Oil Tax Administration:
With regard to taxation related to foreign companies, enterprises and
other economic organizations which come to China to engage in undertaking
contracted projects operation and providing labor service, previously we
worked out a series of stipulations, after implementation of the new tax
system, the question regarding policy links is hereby clarified as
follows:
I. For foreign companies, enterprises and other economic
organizations which undertook contracted project operation and provided
labor service before December 31, 1993, the prices for the machinery,
equipment and building materials they purchased or manufactured on a
commission basis to meet the needs of the contractee's engineering
operation or labor service projects are allowed to be deducted from the
total value of business income from contracted projects or labor service
projects and then business tax is calculated and paid, this stipulation is
implemented till the expiration of the contract (excluding the extended
period of the contract).
II. For trade contracts on the sales of machinery and equipment which
were signed by foreign businessmen with Chinese enterprises before the end
of 1990 and contracts on providing related services for transforming the
existing technologies of Chinese enterprises, if they conform with related
stipulations on tax exemption as set in Article 2 of the document coded
Cai Shui Zi (83) No. 149, their tax exemption period may be allowed to
continue up till the expiration of the contract (excluding the extended
period of the contract).
III. The question concerning the levying of tax on the business
income gained by foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese domestic
enterprises or cooperate with Chinese enterprises in designing for
construction and engineering projects.
(1) With regard to foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese
enterprises with designing for construction and engineering projects,
except that before the start of designing, people are sent to China to
conduct on-the-spot exploration, gathering materials and fact-finding, the
businesses including the designing formula, calculation and drawing are
all carried out outside China, after completion of the design, the
blueprints are handed to Chinese domestic enterprises. This situation can
be regarded as providing labor service outside China, all the designing
business income gained by foreign businessmen from China shall be exempt
from business tax.

(2) For foreign businessmen who are entrusted by Chinese domestic
enterprises or cooperate or join with Chinese enterprises in designing for
construction and engineering projects, except that before the start of
designing work, people are sent to China to conduct on-the-spot
exploration, gathering materials and fact- finding, all the business
including designing formula, calculation and drawing are wholly or
partially conducted outside China, after completion of designing, people
are again sent to China to explain the blueprint and exercise supervision
and management and giving technical guidance for the construction of the
construction and engineering projects they design, except for the prices
charged for the design labor service provided outside China are allowed to
be deducted, business tax shall be levied on the remaining income in
accordance with related stipulations concerning business tax. But if the
contract on entrusted designing or cooperative (joint) designing lacks
clear indication of the prices for designing labor service provided
outside China or fails to provide accurate certificate to correctly divide
the designing labor service provided in or outside China, tax shall be
calculated and levied together with the business income gained from
provision of designing labor service within China.
(3) The income gained from the designing for construction and
engineering projects conducted by foreign businessmen before December 31,
1993 can be handled in a relaxed manner, tax shall be levied at the
original applicable rate, this stipulation shall be implemented till the
expiration of the contract (excluding the extended period of the
contract).



1994年9月20日