VAT Reform Rates by Service Type

June 20, 2012 Posted by China Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes

Jun. 20 – Following the State Council’s decision in October 2011 to launch the VAT reform pilot program in Shanghai, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued circulars 110 and 111 in November 2011, laying out the details of the VAT pilot program.

Please click here (or click on the image below) for a PDF summary of the new VAT rates by service type, as described in these two circulars.

For more on China’s VAT reform, stay tuned for the July/August issue of China Briefing Magazine on the topic set to be released July 1, titled “Value-added Tax Reform.”

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