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12 August 2025
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 694/2025
The Mainland of China : Notice Concerning Value-added Tax Policy for Interest Income from Bonds Including Government Bonds
The Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration jointly issued on 31 July 2025 the “Notice Concerning Value-added Tax Policy for Interest Income from Bonds Including Government Bonds”. Starting from 8 August 2025, value-added tax would be reinstated on interest income from new government bonds, local government bonds and financial bonds issued on or after that date. Please refer to the Appendix for the notice (in Chinese only).
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2. If you have any questions on the content of the document mentioned in this circular, please contact the issuing authority of the Mainland. For other questions on this circular, please contact Mainland Branch (I) (tel: 2398 5444) of the Department.
Yours faithfully,
(Brian CHOI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.