The annual audit a foreign-invested company files.
Foreign-invested companies in mainland China generally need an annual audit report from a PRC CPA practice, used for the corporate income tax reconciliation and the annual report. Audit scope follows your ledgers, so it is quoted.
Annual audit
Quoted from your ledgers
Any WFOE or other foreign-invested company.
- Audit report signed by a PRC CPA practice
- Annual corporate income tax reconciliation (汇算清缴) filed by 31 May
- Annual report submitted between 1 January and 30 June
With our bookkeeping
Books kept by us
Published benchmark US$ 350
Saved 10%
Audits quoted on books we kept are faster and cheaper to scope.
- Monthly bookkeeping and filings
- Audit working papers prepared as you go
Prices in US dollars. Each priced item is 10% below a fee published by a foreign-facing China advisory firm, checked 26 September 2026 (Kaizen CPA for company formation and its add-ons; MS Advisory for bookkeeping). Items no firm publishes are quoted. Government fees, notarisation and legalisation of foreign documents, and translation are charged at cost. No foreign-facing firm we checked publishes an audit fee, so the audit is quoted from your ledgers rather than priced against a benchmark.
Signed by a PRC CPA practice
- State Taxation Administration
- Administration for Market Regulation
Done in China, by people registered there
Filings and audits are carried out by a PRC-registered partner firm and CPA practice.
Fixed fees
Published prices are fixed. Quotes are fixed before work starts.
Benchmarked, not guessed
Every published price is 10% below a fee another firm publishes.
Every enquiry is answered by a person, usually within one working day.
Why OCTIS for mainland China
- One account across markets
- Run a China company from the same OCTIS workspace as your Malaysian or Hong Kong one.
- Prices you can check
- Where a market price is published, ours is 10% under it. Where none is, we quote and say so.
- Deadlines derived, not diarised
- Monthly returns, the June annual report and the May CIT reconciliation come from your company's own dates.
- English in, Chinese filings out
- You work in English; the books and filings are kept in Chinese, as PRC rules require.
How it works
- Tell us the city and the business
- Where the company will sit and what it will do decide the licence and the price.
- Documents legalised once
- Investor documents are notarised and legalised for use in China, then reused for every later filing.
- We file, you approve
- Applications and returns are prepared for you to review before they are submitted.
- Records in your workspace
- Business licence, articles, filings and accounts, kept where you can find them.
Questions
Does a WFOE need an annual audit in China?
Generally yes. Foreign-invested companies in mainland China are expected to have their annual financial statements audited by a PRC CPA practice; the audit report supports the annual corporate income tax reconciliation and the annual report.
How much does a China audit cost?
It is quoted from your ledgers, because the work depends on volume and complexity. No foreign-facing firm we checked publishes a fixed audit fee, so we do not invent a benchmark for it.
When is the audit due?
In time for the annual corporate income tax reconciliation, due by 31 May, and the annual report, due by 30 June.