Beijing, June 15 (XINHUA) -- In order to promote foreign trade to maintain stability and improve quality, the State Administration of Taxation issued a circular to clarify that the average time for tax authorities to handle normal export tax refunds (exemptions) for Class I and Class II export enterprises during the period from June 20, 2022 to June 30, 2023 is compressed to within three working days.

The circular requires that the local taxation authorities should precisely push the initiatives related to accelerating the progress of export tax rebate to the applicable entities such as Class I and Class II export enterprises through the electronic taxation bureau of the province.They should carry out policy interpretation and special counseling for the applicable subjects, not only to explain the significance of the phased acceleration of export tax rebate processing progress and clarify the content of the notice, but also to provide good counseling on the operation process to help taxpayers understand the policy, be able to declare and operate, and to prompt and remind taxpayers to strictly strengthen internal control of risks and avoid tax violations.

The circular emphasized that taxation authorities at all levels should adhere to the five measures of "fast refund, severe punishment for violations, strict auditing, proactively accept external supervision and continuous promotion" to ensure that the average processing time for normal export tax refunds (exemptions) of the first and second class export enterprises in the region does not exceed three working days. It is necessary to strengthen the cooperation among departments such as export tax rebate, planning and accounting, conllection and management technology, information center and data risk, etc., and pass on information in time to ensure that tax rebates are processed on time.