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VAT Reform in China Extended to 11 Provinces/Cities
On July 25th, 2012, the State Council of China held its standing meeting and approved to extend the Value Added Tax (“VAT”) reform.

From August 1st to December 31st, 2012, the transformation from Business Tax (“BT”) to VAT in transportation industries and certain modern service industries will be launched in 8 provinces and 2 cities as follows: Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Xiamen and Shenzhen. Therefore, there will be 11 pilot areas at the end of this year, including Shanghai in which the VAT reform was first launched on January 1st, 2012.
 

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