Measures for pre-tax deduction of enterprise income tax Article 52 Taxpayers' reasonable travel expenses, meeting expenses and directors' fees related to their business activities shall not be deducted before tax if the competent tax authorities require them to provide legal documents to prove their authenticity.
Proof of travel expenses shall include: name, place, time, task, payment voucher, etc. The certification materials of meeting fees shall include: meeting time, place, participants, content, purpose, fee standard, payment voucher, etc. Generally speaking, travel expenses refer to car, boat, air ticket and accommodation expenses.
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measures for the pre tax deduction of enterprise income tax
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the spirit of the Provisional Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Enterprise Income Tax and its detailed rules for implementation (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations and Detailed Rules).
Article 2 Article 4 of the Regulations stipulates that the taxable income shall be the balance of the taxpayer's total income in each tax year after deducting the allowable deductions. Deductions are all necessary and normal costs, expenses, taxes and losses incurred by taxpayers in each tax year related to obtaining taxable income.
Article 3 Deductions declared by taxpayers shall be true and lawful. Truthfulness refers to being able to provide appropriate evidence to prove that the relevant expenses actually occurred; Legality refers to compliance with national tax laws and regulations. Where other provisions are inconsistent with tax laws and regulations, the tax laws and regulations shall prevail.
Article 4 Unless otherwise stipulated by tax laws and regulations, the confirmation of pre-tax deduction shall generally follow the following principles:
(1) accrual principle. That is, the taxpayer should confirm the deduction when the expenses occur rather than when they are actually paid.
(2) the principle of proportionality. That is, the expenses incurred by taxpayers should be declared and deducted in the current period when the expenses should be matched or distributed. The deductible expenses that taxpayers should declare in a tax year shall not be declared in advance or later.
(3) the principle of relevance. That is, the deductible expenses of taxpayers must be related to the nature and source of taxable income.
(4) the principle of certainty. That is, whenever taxpayers can deduct expenses, they must determine the amount.
(5) the principle of rationality. In other words, the calculation and distribution method of taxpayers' deductible expenses should conform to general business practices and accounting practices.
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