The Impact of the ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ on the Enterprises Tax Burden

Since 2012, China has started to carry out pilot work on ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ in Shanghai, and in the same year expanded the scope of implementation in 8 provinces and municipalities. From August 2013, ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ were carried out nationwide. From May 1st, 2016, China will fully implement the pilot reform and increase the construction industry, real estate industry, financial industry, and life service industry into pilots. At this point, business tax will be withdrawn from the stage of history. VAT system will be more standardized. The large-scale promotion and implementation of ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ has not only eliminated the problem of double taxation, but has also achieved the major goal of structural tax cuts. The in-depth implementation of the taxation reform has played an active role in promoting the establishment of a sound taxation system in China, promoting the upgrading of China＇s industries, and optimizing the economic structure. It has important implications for creating a fair tax environment interiorly and promoting the development of social economy. In this paper, the quantitative study on whether the tax burden of the enterprise has been reduced after the ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ has been verified, to verify the policy effect of ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂. at the same time, it can also provide some suggestions for enterprises to tax administration.

The uniform enterprise income tax reform in China

In China, the income tax of enterprise is very different between foreign funded enterprises and other domestic enterprises. It is believed that this discrimination is harmful to the entire economy. So there is a reform in the tax system to build a uniform enterprise income tax. This is a significant reform in China＇s tax system, so every decision about this have to count the cost and the benefit carefully. The author has introduced the Computable General Equilibrium （CGE） to simulate this new tax system and value its benefit and cost. There are two different models in the paper; they are of different assumptions and for different purposes. Model I is a static CGE model and model II is a Ramsey Dynamic model. The static model is mainly used for comparative static approach to examine how the tax reform will change the endogenous variables. According to the results of the model, more goods will be produced by both of the DFEs and FIEs after the tax reform in the medium and low tax effective tax rate situations. If the nominal tax rates decrease 24.24% （from 33% to 25%）, the enterprise income tax will only reduce 19.36% and the total tax revenue will only reduce 1.911%. The dynamic model will concentrate on the costs and benefits during the transition. From the results of the model, a lower tax rate will increase the level of investment, capital stock, capital prices, wage rate and also the growth rates through transition. If the capital tax rates are changed gradually, the fluctuating of transition will be smoothed a little.

Tax System for Foreign-invested Enterprises

In line with the deepening and extensive reform and opening up, China’s tax system for foreign-invested enterprises has been established and developed step by step. Hao Zhaochen, director of the department dealing with foreign-invested enterprises in the State Administration of Taxation summarized the system and preferential policies as explained in the following. The system was set up following three basic principles, namely, maintaining state rights and interests, serving the policy of opening up and observing international practices.

Preferential Policy and Tax Regulations Income Tax of Enterprises and Local Income Tax

*Newly-built joint ventures engaged in new and high technological enterprises shall enjoy a 15 percent reduction of income tax for two years, or a 24 percent reduction for two years and a 50 percent reduction in the following three years. A choice between the two may be decided by the said enterprises. **Service industry, those enterprises with a foreign capital of more than US$5 million shall be exempt from the tax

Enterprise Income Tax in China

Doing business in China,while lucrative,can be a mine-field to the uninitiated.This regular column by Deloitte will provide specific information to give businesspeople the tools they need to facilitate this process.This article looks at how foreign investors are taxed in the People’s Republic of Chin(PRC)under the enterprise income tax(EIT),regardless of whether the investor is operating as a wholly foreign-owned

Enterprise Income Tax in China

Doing business in China, while lucrative, can be a mine-field to the uninitiated. This regular column by Deloitte will provide specific information to give businesspeople the tools they need to facilitate this process.

Tax Regulations for Non-Resident Enterprises

The State Administration of Taxation has issued the tax regulations for non-resident enterprises that do business and have establishments

A Situation Analysis of Combined Two Chinese Enterprises Income Tax Systems in One

In terms of policies to Chinese enterprises income tax system, especially nowadays two income tax systems within domestic and foreign enterprises, their weakness is becoming more and more apparent. In order to perfect China＇s future tax system, it is supposed to combine the two income tax systems within domestic and foreign enterprises.