I am a non-profit private hospital, and now the local tax office has informed us to pay 2.5% of our income as tax, is this reasonable?

It is not reasonable.

But the local tax bureaus in some provinces have stipulated that in order to be exempted from tax, private hospitals must register with the local tax authorities in addition to registering with the health and civil affairs departments as a "non-profit medical institution", so it is recommended to consult with the local tax authorities in detail to make up for the relevant formalities.

You can apply for a checking account to pay the tax, build up the account, if the account does not produce profits, you do not need to pay the enterprise income tax. If the cost of labor is high, the average wage and salary level of the staff is more than twice the per capita wage level of the place where the tax registration was made in the previous year, and more than that is not allowed. Even if these non-profit conditions are met, you still have to apply to the tax authorities for filing.

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The corporate income tax rate is a proportional rate of 25%.

The original "Provisional Regulations on Enterprise Income Tax" stipulated that the enterprise income tax rate is 33%, and there are two other preferential tax rates: 27% for annual taxable income of 30,000-100,000 yuan, and 18% for taxable income of less than 30,000 yuan; the tax rate for high-tech enterprises in the special zones and high-tech development zones is 18%; the tax rate for high-tech enterprises in the special zones and high-tech development zones is 18%. The tax rate for high-tech enterprises in special zones and high-tech development zones is 15%.

The income tax rate for foreign-funded enterprises is 30 percent, with an additional 3 percent local income tax. The new income tax law stipulates that the statutory tax rate is 25 percent, the same for domestic and foreign-funded enterprises, 15 percent for high-tech enterprises that the state needs to give key support to, 20 percent for small and micro-profit enterprises, and 20 percent for non-resident enterprises.

Enterprise income tax payable = current taxable income*applicable tax rate

Taxable income = total income - amount of allowable deductions

The tax rate of enterprise income tax is the statutory rate for calculating the amount of enterprise income tax payable. According to the Provisional Regulations on Enterprise Income Tax of the People's Republic of China, the new <Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China> 2008 stipulates that the general enterprise income tax rate is 25%.

Non-resident enterprises that have set up institutions or establishments in China shall pay enterprise income tax on the income derived from their established institutions or establishments sourced in China, as well as on the income that occurs outside of China but is physically connected to the institutions or establishments they have set up.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Enterprise Income Tax