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Measures for the administration of registration of general taxpayers of value-added tax
Article 2 VAT taxpayers (hereinafter referred to as taxpayers) whose annual taxable sales exceed the standards for small-scale taxpayers stipulated by the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC) and State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the prescribed standards) shall, in addition to complying with the provisions of Article 4 of these Measures, register with the competent tax authorities as general taxpayers. The term "annual taxable sales" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the value-added tax sales accumulated by taxpayers during the continuous operation period of no more than 12 months or four quarters, including tax declaration sales, check-up sales and tax assessment adjustment sales. If there are deductions for taxpayers' sales of labor services, intangible assets or real estate (hereinafter referred to as "taxable activities"), the annual taxable sales of taxable activities shall be calculated according to the sales before deduction. The sales of intangible assets and real estate accidentally transferred by taxpayers are not included in the taxable sales in the taxable year.