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Last Updated: April 17, 2021

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Maintenance of Representative Office in China

Once the Representative Office is officially registered. It's required to maintain properly accounting records in accordance with accounting standards in China and report taxes in both monthly (for business tax) and quarterly (income tax) basis. The late submissions will face penalty and surcharges.

Representative offices must register with the local tax authority for tax reporting method. After negotiated, the tax reporting method will be fixed (for instance: the cost plus method).

Our part time accountant could assist you and negotiating with your local officer to use the proper tax reporting method for your Rep. Office. And submit the tax reports on your behalf. We could also advice you with tax planning opportunities this might help Rep. Office reduce the burden of tax of Rep. Office and it's staff.

We can also advise you of tax planning opportunities that might help mitigate the tax costs of the representative office and its staff.

The details of our services are set out below and our fee schedule is set out in "Form A"

(1) Update the books in accordance with the Chinese Accounting Standards;
(2) Prepare monthly financial statements for tax filing purpose;
(3) File monthly Business Tax Return and Individual Income Tax Return;
(4) File Corporate Income Tax Return quarterly
(5) Audit of Financial Statements

Detailed Breakdown of Fees

The figures shown in the table below are estimations and actually costs will be discussed after review of the actual operation of the representative office

Form A:

No. Services Period Separate Costs Package Cost
01 Update the books of accounts Monthly 2,200RMB/Month 28,000RMB /Year (more than 20% off from it's original price)
02 Business Tax Filing Quarterly
03 Individual Income Tax Filing Monthly
04 Corporate Income Tax Filing Quarterly
05 Audit of Financial Statements & Annual check of a Rep. office Annually 10,000RMB/Year

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More information about Rep. Office:

Contact Our Regional Partners in India (Mumbai, Delhi), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), China (Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou or Hong Kong) for more details:


Office Hour: Monday- Friday 0930AM-1730PM China, Singapore & Malaysia:(GMT+8); India: (GMT+6)

Beijing & Northern China Office:
E-mail: gifty@pathtochina.com
5F, SK Tower, 6A Jianguomenwai Ave., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China
Tel: (86-10) 5166.4212 GMT+8 (English and Mandarin)
Regional Manager: Ms. Gifty Jia [-Bio-]

Shanghai & Eastern China Office:
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com 1038 West Nanjing Road, Suite 2508, 25 Floor, Westgate Tower, Shanghai 200040, China [-MAP-]
Tel: (86-21) 5108.8535 (English and Mandarin)
Regional Manager: Ms. Wendy Wang [-Bio-]

Ningbo Office:
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com Suite 2925 South Tower, 1299 Yinxian Ave., Yinzhou, Ningbo 315040
Regional Consultant: Mr. Dean Dong [-Bio-]
Tel: (86 574) 8716.4655 GMT+8 (English and Mandarin)

Hangzhou Office:
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com No. 2, 1785 Jianghan Rd.(by Binsheng Rd.), Binjiang District, Hangzhou 310051, China
Regional Consultant: Ms. Lim
Tel: (86-21) 6218 9991 GMT+8 (English and Mandarin)

Shenzhen & Southern China Office
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
6009 Yi Tian Road, Suite 2306, New World Tower, Shenzhen 518035

Hong Kong Office:
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
Suite 1701, HeNan Building, 92 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong[-MAP-]
Tel: (852) 6877.8862 GMT+8 (English)
Regional Partner: Simon Lee
Guangzhou Office:
161 West Lin He Rd., 23F, Tower A, Center Plaza, Guangzhou, 510620
info@pathtochina.com

Singapore & ASEAN Office
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
Tel: (65) 8459.8655 Address: 218 Orchard Road, 6F, Singapore, 238851

Kuala Lumpur & Malaysia Office
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
1 Mont Kiara, Level 13A, Wisma Mont Kiara, No. 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 010.3738.398 (English, Mandarin, Malay)

newNew Delhi & India office:
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
Ramdhan Tower, E-57, Sector-63, Noida

Mumbai
E-mail: info@pathtochina.com
Plot 175, Santacruz, East Mumbai
India Partner: Mr. Narendra Kumar

Rest of China: [Click for more details...]

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