Laws of the People's Republic of China

The State Ministry of Taxation

Official Reply of the State Administration of Taxation on the City Maintenance and Construction Tax Paid by the Enterprises with Foreign Investment

GuoShuiHan [1997] No.477

August 22, 1997

The local tax bureau of Danlian:

Request for an Instruction on Whether Additional Tax Should be Paid on a Commission Basis by the Chinese-foreign Equity Joint Ventures, Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Ventures and Foreign-capital Enterprises together with Sales Tax (DaDiShuiHan [1997] No.15) has been received and learned. After study, the opinion of your party that the city maintenance and construction tax and the additional education fee accompanied by sales tax should be levied under the provisions of the sales tax. It means that taxpayers who pay the sales tax prescribed by the provisions of the sales tax should also pay the city maintenance and construction tax and the additional education fee.