China Alert: Financial Service Focus - Issue 2, February 2012
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) recently jointly issued Caishui [2012] No.5 (Circular 5) subsequent to circular Caishui [2009] No.64 (Circular 64), Notice on Questions concerning CIT deduction of loan loss provisions for financial enterprises, which was in effect from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010. Circular 5 clarifies the detailed rules on the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) deduction of loan loss provisions for financial institutions. Circular 5 is in effect from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013.