Document No.：Cai Shui [2016] No. 36

Financial Departments (Bureaus), State Taxation Bureaus and Local Taxation Bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specifically designated in the state budgetary plan, Financial Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Upon approval by the State Council, from May 1st, 2016, the pilot project of the value-added tax-for-business tax reform (hereinafter referred to as the to VAT-for business tax reform shall carried out throughout) be the country. All taxpayers of business tax engaged in the industries of building, real estate, financing and living service shall be incorporated into the pilot scope, whose payment of changed business tax is to the payment of valu E-added tax. The Implementation Measures for the Pilot Project of the Value-added Tax-for-Business Tax Reform, the Provisions on the Matters Concerning the Pilot Project of the Value-added Tax-for Business Tax Reform, the Provisions on the Transitional Policy Concerning the Pilot Project of the Value-added Tax-for Business Tax Reform and the Provisions on Cross-border Taxable Behaviors Application to Zero VAT Rate and "Tax Exemption Policies are printed and forwarded to you. Please observe and implement them.

The contents as prescribed by the attachments of the Notice, except as otherwise provided for the execution time, shall be executed from May 1st, 2016. The Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Incorporating the Railway Transport Industry and Postal Service into the Pilot Project of the Value-added-Tax-for-Business Tax Reform (Cai Shui [2013] No. 106), the Supplementary Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Incorporating Railway Transport Industry and Postal Service into the Pilot Project of the Value-added Tax-for-Business Tax Reform (Cai Shui [2013] No. 121), the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Incorporating the Telecommunication Industry into the Pilot Project of the Value-added Tax-for-Business Tax Reform （Cai Shui [2014] No.43), the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on the Zero Value-added Rate Policy of International Waterway Transport (Cai Shui [2014] No. 50) and the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on the Policy of Cinematographic and Television Works’ and other Export Services’ Application to Zero Value-added Rate (Cai Shui [2015] No. 118), except the provisions otherwise specified, shall be correspondingly nullified.

Taxation authorities in all regions shall highly value the pilot project of the value-added tax-for-business tax reform, practically strengthen the organization and guidance of the pilot project, arrange it carefully, clarify their responsibilities, take various measures and do a good job for the preparations before the pilot project, the monitoring and analysis and the publication and explanation in the process to secure the stable, orderly and smooth advance of the reform. They shall report it to the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation in a timely manner when they encounter problems. Policies are printed and forwarded to you. Please observe and implement them. 
 
Ministry of Finance State Administration of Taxation 
March 23rd, 2016