China's monthly returns, and the annual one.
VAT, corporate income tax and individual income tax are filed monthly or quarterly, on the books they come from — so they are part of the bookkeeping plan. The annual reconciliation goes with the audit.
Monthly and quarterly filings
With bookkeeping
Published benchmark US$ 350
Saved 10%
Every active mainland company.
- VAT and surcharge returns
- Corporate income tax prepayments
- Individual income tax withheld for staff
- Bookkeeping the returns are drawn from
General VAT taxpayer registration
One-off
Published benchmark US$ 550
Saved 10%
Your customers need special VAT invoices, or you are over the small-scale threshold.
- Application for general VAT taxpayer status
- Invoice setup guidance
Annual CIT reconciliation
With the audit
Every company, once a year, by 31 May.
- Annual corporate income tax reconciliation (汇算清缴)
- Filed on the audited figures
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.
Filed with the State Taxation Administration
- State Taxation Administration
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
What taxes does a WFOE file in China?
VAT and its surcharges, corporate income tax prepayments monthly or quarterly, individual income tax withheld from staff salaries each month, and the annual corporate income tax reconciliation by 31 May.
What is the difference between a small-scale and a general VAT taxpayer?
A small-scale taxpayer pays VAT at a simplified rate and cannot credit input VAT; a general taxpayer charges VAT at the standard rates, credits input VAT and can issue special VAT invoices. Registering as a general taxpayer costs US$495 with OCTIS, 10% below Kaizen CPA's published US$550.
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 preferential policy that runs to the end of 2027.