relative file path for layout
Skip to main content  Skip to search  Skip to main menu
Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref : EIC 631/2/7/1

5 January 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 9/2009

The Mainland of China : Notice Concerning Offsetting of Value-Added Tax with Invoices for Waste and Used Goods and Materials 

The State Administration of Taxation has recently issued a notice to clarify issues relating to abolishment of using invoices for waste and used goods and materials to offset the input amount of value-added tax by general taxpayer of manufacturing enterprises. A copy of the notice is attached at Annex (pdf format) for reference.

  1.  
  2. For details of the value-added tax policy for renewable resources, please refer to CIC No. 634/2008 dated 15 December 2008. For details of the "Provisional Regulations on Value-added Tax of the People's Republic of China" and its implementation rules, please refer to CIC No. 566/2008 dated 17 November 2008 and CIC No. 647/2008 dated 18 December 2008 respectively. 

ENQUIRIES

  1. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Meea WONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry