Q&A Regarding China's Tax Payment Credit Administration Measures (5)
| Q: | What does the principle of "no evaluation without record" and "evaluation when recorded" refer to? |
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It refers to the tax authorities conducting tax payment credit evaluations based on the objective information recorded in the tax administration system. When the tax payment credit information is recorded in the tax administration system, it is included in the evaluation. |
| Q: | What is non-recurring indicator information? |
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It refers to the tax inspection and other indicator information that business entities do not frequently generate, mainly referring to the tax assessment, tax audit, anti-tax avoidance investigation or tax inspection information carried out by the tax department. |
| Q: | What does the income from production and business operations include? |
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It is determined comprehensively based on whether the business entity has declared and reflected the business income from production and operation to the tax authorities within the evaluation year, including: Value-added tax sales (including the sales declared in advance), enterprise income tax operating income (including the operating income declared in the annual settlement of enterprise income tax, the operating income declared in advance on a monthly (quarterly) basis, the taxable income calculated for specific business, and the distribution income of branches), individual income tax business income, etc. Business entities whose main business is investment also include the investment income or profits obtained. |
| Q: | Under which of the following circumstances can an operating entity fill out the "Application Form for Tax Payment Credit Review (Verification)" within the prescribed time limit and apply for a re-evaluation (verification) to the competent tax authority? |
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| Q: | What methods do tax authorities adopt to adjust the tax payment credit levels of business entities? |
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Where a business entity is found to be directly rated as D-level due to tax inspection or other reasons, the competent tax authority shall promptly adjust its current tax payment credit level to D-level. If the relevant act of bad faith occurred in a previous evaluation year, the tax payment credit level of the corresponding evaluation year should be adjusted to level D simultaneously. |

