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Wie man hinunter ein Repräsentativbüro in Shanghai schließt

2. Oktober 2007 durch Business China Herausgeber

Durch Vincent Cheung

Wie man hinunter ein Repräsentativbüro in Shanghai schließtNicht überraschend, ist das Schließen hinunter ein Repräsentativbüro in China viel mehr schwieriger Prozeß als seine Einrichtung, besonders wenn Ihr Repräsentativbüro eine Menge Personal anstellt und eine grosse Summe Geld verbraucht. Es kann ein untragbar langatmiger Prozeß sein, wenn es nicht in einer korrekten Weise angefaßt wird. Normalerweise dauert es einige Monate, um einen Repräsentanten zu schließen, oder es kann für immer nehmen. Das erste und der kritischste Schritt, zum auch zu nehmen ist Steuerabstand. Sie werden in der grossen Mühe, wenn sein Sie nicht prüfen können, daß Sie nicht Steuer ausweichen. Das Steuerbüro ist über es außerordentlich ernst. Zuerst müssen Sie mit dem Einkommen Offizier in Verbindung treten, der gekennzeichnet wurde, um Besteuerungangelegenheiten Ihres Repräsentant Büros bei der Einrichtung Ihres Repräsentant Büros zu handhaben. Eine Annullierungform wird Ihnen vom Einkommen Offizier geschickt.

Sie sollten die Form heraus füllen, also kennt das Steuerbüro Ihr SteuerZahlungsverhalten. Es gibt Paare der Dokumente muß eingereicht werden: Eine Brettauflösung zum Schliessen des Repräsentativbüros mit dem Vorsitzenden der Direktion' Unterzeichnung und Dichtung der haltenen Firma zusammen mit dem AnnullierungBewerbungsformular, das vom Hauptrepräsentanten des Repräsentant Büros unterzeichnet wird, sollte beim Steuerbüro eingereicht werden. Eine Annullierunganwendung schließt normalerweise ein:

1. Zeit und eingetragene Zahl der Zustimmung der Büroeinrichtung
2. Die funktionsfähige Situation nach der Einrichtung
3. Reasons and causes of the office cancellation

Registration certificate (like business license of a company) and cancellation of tax registration certificate (original and copy) should also be provided at the same time.

This is easy stuff to handle. The toughest and most time-consuming part is the tax audit report made by local CPA (Certified Public Accountant).

Below documents needs to be give to the CPA:
1. Photocopy of the receipts of the representative office’s tax return and the staff’s personal income tax return

Note that: foreign staff’s overseas tax return also needs to be given to the local CPA because the fact that some foreign employees might work in their own country. The tax bureau won’t levy the tax on their overseas income, usually what they get is a paper approved by overseas CPA proving that the employee has no income in other countries.

2. Bank statement clarifying the rep office’s entire payment history in China
3. Accrued expense certificate (it’s a little paper stating your expense to be paid for the cancellation procedures, like the fees charged by the consulting company and relevant authorities)
4. The lease contract of the office (stamp tax worthy of 1/1000 of one year’s rent and invoice for the lease payment need to be glued on the contract)

After the submission of those papers, the CPA will work on the tax audit. In case some staff’s tax return receipts are missing, an application can be submitted to the district tax bureau and they will give you the receipts. Yet the missing of the representative office’s tax return receipts can cause a lot of trouble and you will be asked to repay the tax. Your application can never be approved if the tax bureaus officials find you haven’t paid sufficient tax or they suspect that you are guilty of tax evasion. Of course you can choose to simply leave China, but the tax bureau will put your company on the blacklist, and you will never be able to return to China and engage in any businesses. If you want to avoid taxation, do it smartly and offer a nice convincing tax audit report. It can take years for the closure of some rep offices with a lame tax audit report.

One month after the approval of the tax audit report, the tax bureau will issue a “notice of cancellation of tax registration”. Now it’s time to handle the cancellation online, and like 1 or two weeks later, two cancellation application forms will be sent to you. After being filled out properly, together with the notice of cancellation for tax registration and a statement about the settlement of debts and credits, those two forms will be sent to the district administration of Industry & Commerce.

The following documents are also needed.
1. Registration Certificate (e-business license: CD and USB)
2. Tax Registration Certificate (original and copy)
3. Organizational Code Certificate (original and copy)
4. Statistics Registration Certificate
5. Alien Employment Permit
6. Work Visa
7. Authorization (in case the chief representative is in China) (Chief representative’s signature required) (4 copies)
8. Representative office’s written resolution to cancellation (chief representative’s signature required) (7 copies)
9. Photocopy of the chief representative’s passport
10. Seal

After all those procedures are finished, the industry & commerce will send you a “notice of the approval of cancellation for registration”.

The end of the closure representative office.

Vincent Cheung, www.PathToChina.com

“Path To China” is an International Business Consulting Firm that provides foreign investors with business registration service in China.

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6 Responses to “How to Close Down a Representative Office in Shanghai”

  1. Kathleen Says:

    This article is excellently laid out. Thank you very much for the clear & concise info.

  2. jan bergmans Says:

    please,can You tellme where I can find adressess of woodbuyers in China.
    Thanks in advance. jan bergmans.

  3. vincent cheung Says:

    jan, please send me mails to vincent@pathtochina.com

  4. River Says:

    Is it necessary to hire a CPA to do the audit?

  5. David Says:

    It’s a must for a CPA to provide audit report before submit the application to tax authority.

  6. Vincent Chueng Says:

    hi fellas,
    if you want to contact me directly, please send your emails to vincentisv@gmail.com. I will forward your emails to the right person.

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