Monthly books, with the filings that depend on them.
Mainland companies file every month or quarter, so bookkeeping and tax filing are one plan. From US$315 a month, 10% below a leading advisory firm's published fee.
Small-scale taxpayer
Bookkeeping and filings
Published benchmark US$ 350
Saved 10%
A small WFOE registered as a small-scale VAT taxpayer, with modest monthly volume.
- Monthly bookkeeping in Chinese, under PRC accounting standards
- VAT and surcharge returns
- Corporate income tax prepayment returns
- Individual income tax withheld for staff
- Monthly management report in English
General taxpayer
Higher volume
A general VAT taxpayer, or a company with many invoices, staff or entities.
- Everything in Small-scale taxpayer
- Input VAT verification and credit
- Volume and headcount priced to your records
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.
Kept to PRC accounting standards, filed with the tax bureau
- State Taxation Administration
- PRC Accounting Standards
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
How much does bookkeeping cost for a WFOE in China?
With OCTIS, from US$315 a month for a small-scale VAT taxpayer, with VAT, corporate income tax and individual income tax filings included — 10% below the US$350 a month MS Advisory publishes. General taxpayers and higher volumes are quoted.
When are China tax returns due?
Monthly and quarterly VAT and corporate income tax returns are due by the 15th of the following month, moved later when a public holiday falls in the window. The annual corporate income tax reconciliation is due by 31 May.
What is the corporate income tax rate in China?
25% as standard. A small low-profit enterprise pays an effective 5% on taxable income up to RMB 3 million under the current preferential policy, which runs to the end of 2027.
Is the annual audit included?
No. The annual audit and the annual CIT reconciliation are quoted separately — see Audit.