(1) Taxpayers
The taxpayers of Stamp Tax include any enterprise, unit, individual household business operators and other individual who executes or receives specified economic documents within the territory of China.
(2) Taxable items and tax rates
Table of Stamp Tax Taxable Items and Rates
| Taxable items |
Tax rates (tax amount) |
| 1. purchase / sale contracts |
0.03% |
| 2. processing contracts |
0.05% |
| 3. survey arid design contracts for engineering and construction projects |
0.05% |
| 4. construction installation and engineering contracts |
0.03% |
| 5. property, leasing contracts |
0.1% |
| 6. goods transportation contracts |
0.05% |
| 7. warehousing contracts |
0.1% |
| 8. loans contracts |
0.005% |
| 9. property insurance contracts |
0.1% |
| 10. technology contracts |
0.03% |
| 11. property title transfer documents |
0.05% |
| 12. business accounting documents (1) capital recording documents (2) other accounting documents |
0.05% 5 yuan/piece |
| 13. permits and licenses |
5 yuan/piece |
| 14. stock exchange |
0.4% |
(3) Computation
The computation of Stamp Tax is based on the amount of payment, fees or receipts listed on the taxable documents or the number of pieces of the taxable documents by using the applicable tax rate listed in the Schedule of Stamp Tax Taxable Items and by applying the applicable tax rate or amount of tax per unit. The formula for computation is:
a. Tax payable = Amount of payment ( or fees, receipt) indicated in taxable documents x Applicable rate, or
b. Tax payable = Number of pieces of taxable documents x Tax amount per Unit
(4) Major exemptions
Tax exemptions may be granted on duplicates or copies of documents on which Stamp Tax has already been paid; documents executed when property is donated to the government, social welfare units supporting the widowed, the aged, the injured and the handicapped, or schools; non-interest bearing or discounting loan contracts; preferential loan contracts concluded between foreign governments or international financial institutions and the Chinese government or State financial institutions; and insurance contracts for agriculture and forestry products, and animals in animal husbandry. |
