Opinions of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and Other Three Departments on Integrating Business License and Tax Registration Certificate for Individual Businesses
Opinions of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and Other Three Departments on Integrating Business License and Tax Registration Certificate for Individual Businesses
Opinions of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and Other Three Departments on Integrating Business License and Tax Registration Certificate for Individual Businesses
Gong Shang Ge Zi [2016] No.167
August 29, 2016
Departments for industry and commerce (market regulatory departments), state tax bureaus, local tax bureaus, development and reform commissions, and legislative affairs offices of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specially designated in the state plan,
In order to further promote the commercial system reform, speed up the progress of the "3-in-1" registration system reform towards individual businesses, and integrate the business license and tax registration certificate for individual businesses (hereinafter referred to as the "2-in-1" Reform), with the approval of the State Council, we hereby put forward the following opinions:
I. Fully understanding the importance of the "2-in-1" Reform
Individual businesses are an important business form operated by Chinese citizens. Individual economies play an important role in boosting economic development, increasing financial revenues, promoting employment and maintaining social stability. The "2-in-1" Reform refers to the reform of the registration system from one under which business license and tax registration certificate are issued by departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation respectively upon respective application by an individual business, to one under which only business license is issued by the department for industry and commerce, upon one application by the individual business. The implementation of the "2-in-1" Reform in an all-around way is a significant step to deepening the commercial system reform in accordance with the guiding principles of the 18th National Congress of the CPC and the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, and the decisions and arrangements of the State Council. It will facilitate the establishment of more resource-intensive market entry modes featuring convenient operation, improved services, simplified registration procedures and intensive resources for individual businesses, facilitate the operation of individual business and promote the healthy development of individual and private economies through mass entrepreneurship and innovation. Besides, the acceleration in this reform will enable departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation to share information, improve their public services and administration efficiency. Therefore, it is of great importance to further streamlining of administration and delegating more powers to lower-level departments, establishing service-oriented governments, and improving the national governance system and modernizing the governance capacity. All local governments shall fully understand the significance of the Reform in an overall perspective and improve their awareness and cooperation in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Reform for the benefit of the country and the people.
II. Goals and basic principles of the Reform
(I) Goals
Through the "2-in-1" Reform, the following goals shall be achieved: citizens may apply for individual business registration and be issued a business license with unified social credit code for legal entities and other organizations ( the "USCC") from the department for industry and commerce (Appendix I) by completing only one form and submitting a single set of application documents at only one window, in lieu of the original business license and tax registration certificate issued by the department for industry and commerce and the department for taxation, respectively; and at the same time, departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation will share real-time information of individual businesses.
(II) Basic principles
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Gong Shang Ge Zi [2016] No.167
August 29, 2016
Departments for industry and commerce (market regulatory departments), state tax bureaus, local tax bureaus, development and reform commissions, and legislative affairs offices of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specially designated in the state plan,
In order to further promote the commercial system reform, speed up the progress of the "3-in-1" registration system reform towards individual businesses, and integrate the business license and tax registration certificate for individual businesses (hereinafter referred to as the "2-in-1" Reform), with the approval of the State Council, we hereby put forward the following opinions:
I. Fully understanding the importance of the "2-in-1" Reform
Individual businesses are an important business form operated by Chinese citizens. Individual economies play an important role in boosting economic development, increasing financial revenues, promoting employment and maintaining social stability. The "2-in-1" Reform refers to the reform of the registration system from one under which business license and tax registration certificate are issued by departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation respectively upon respective application by an individual business, to one under which only business license is issued by the department for industry and commerce, upon one application by the individual business. The implementation of the "2-in-1" Reform in an all-around way is a significant step to deepening the commercial system reform in accordance with the guiding principles of the 18th National Congress of the CPC and the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, and the decisions and arrangements of the State Council. It will facilitate the establishment of more resource-intensive market entry modes featuring convenient operation, improved services, simplified registration procedures and intensive resources for individual businesses, facilitate the operation of individual business and promote the healthy development of individual and private economies through mass entrepreneurship and innovation. Besides, the acceleration in this reform will enable departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation to share information, improve their public services and administration efficiency. Therefore, it is of great importance to further streamlining of administration and delegating more powers to lower-level departments, establishing service-oriented governments, and improving the national governance system and modernizing the governance capacity. All local governments shall fully understand the significance of the Reform in an overall perspective and improve their awareness and cooperation in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Reform for the benefit of the country and the people.
II. Goals and basic principles of the Reform
(I) Goals
Through the "2-in-1" Reform, the following goals shall be achieved: citizens may apply for individual business registration and be issued a business license with unified social credit code for legal entities and other organizations ( the "USCC") from the department for industry and commerce (Appendix I) by completing only one form and submitting a single set of application documents at only one window, in lieu of the original business license and tax registration certificate issued by the department for industry and commerce and the department for taxation, respectively; and at the same time, departments for industry and commerce and departments for taxation will share real-time information of individual businesses.
(II) Basic principles
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