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Ref. :EIC 631/2/7
1 August 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 597/2012
The Mainland of China : Decision on Expansion of the Scope of the Pilot Policy on Changing the Levy of Business Tax to Value-added Tax by the State Council Executive Meeting
Premier Wen Jiabao chaired a State Council executive meeting on 25 July 2012. The meeting concluded that from 1 August 2012 to the end of 2012, the scope of the pilot policy on changing the levy of business tax to value-added tax for transportation industry and certain modern service industries will be expanded from Shanghai to other regions including Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Xiamen and Shenzhen by batches. For details, please refer to a summary of the meeting (available in Chinese only) at Appendix (pdf format).
2. For details of the "Pilot Scheme for Changing the Levy of Business Tax to Value-added Tax", please refer to CIC No. 732/2011 dated 18 November 2011.
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3. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Angie KWOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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