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I am the head of a hardware foreign trade enterprise in Shanghai with an annual export value of about 8 million RMB. Last month, I just received a new European order of 2 million euros, and now I am troubled by export tax refund issues. I handled tax refund once before, and due to the wrong commodity code filled in the customs declaration form, the tax refund was delayed for 3 months to arrive, and I was fined more than 20,000 RMB for non-compliant documents.
I dare not handle it by myself this time. I consulted two agencies: one charges a service fee of 2.5% of the tax refund amount, and the other charges a fixed fee of 8,000 RMB plus 1% commission of the tax refund amount, with the quotation difference almost doubling.
I am afraid of being ripped off, and also worried about hidden consumption in these charges, such as whether extra fees will be charged for document reissuing and abnormal appeal. It is only half a month before shipment, and I am eager to finalize the agency. I just want to know what your export tax refund agency service price is, what the charging basis is, and whether you can calculate the actual cost clearly for me?
Victor SunYears of service：5Customer Rating：5.0
Trade Risk Control ManagerStart a Chat
First of all，we need to analyze the drawbacks of two common traditional charging models in the industry: the pure fixed fee model cannot provide cost discounts brought by increased tax refund amount for enterprises with large tax refund amounts，the pure proportional charging model based on tax refund amount will make small tax refund enterprises bear excessively high relative costs. Moreover，many agencies have hidden charges，such as extra fees for document reissuing and abnormal appeal links. Even if the tax refund is delayed due to the agency's mistakes，enterprises still have to bear the capital occupation cost.
We adopt the "basic service package + tiered commission" combined pricing model. The basic service package covers the whole process of conventional services including document review，system declaration，and tax authority liaison，and the pricing is determined based on the annual export scale of the enterprise. For enterprises with an annual export value of 8 million RMB like yours，the basic package only costs 6,000 RMB，the tiered commission is adjusted according to the tax refund amount gradient，2% for tax refund amount within 1 million RMB，and 1% for amount above 1 million RMB，without any hidden consumption.
For your 2 million euro order，we can also provide the VAT deferral cost hedging scheme to help you apply for European import VAT deferral，no need to pay import VAT in advance，reducing capital occupation of nearly 280,000 RMB，which further hedges the agency cost. The access threshold only requires the enterprise to have complete documents and no bad tax refund records，and your current situation fully meets the requirements. Calculated based on the tax refund amount of about 1.65 million RMB，the total agency fee is only 22,500 RMB，which can save 18,750 RMB compared with the high-priced scheme you consulted.
Kevin LinYears of service：4Customer Rating：5.0
Trade Solutions ManagerStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies is directly related to the compliance of the customs declaration link. If there are problems such as wrong commodity code classification and false transaction price declaration when the enterprise declares customs, the agency needs to invest additional resources to modify the customs declaration form, delete and re-declare, etc. Some agencies will pass on this part of the cost as additional charges.
Our service includes pre-customs declaration document review, we will check the matching between commodity code and export tax rebate rate, and the compliance of transaction price in advance to ensure that the customs declaration data is completely consistent with the tax refund declaration data, so as to avoid additional charges caused by customs declaration problems. At the same time, for your hardware products order, we will confirm the classification rules of the EU Customs in advance to ensure that the customs declaration data meets the EU access requirements, and avoid the risk of letter verification during the subsequent tax refund review from the source. This part of the service is included in the basic charge, no extra charge.
Cindy ChenYears of service：3Customer Rating：5.0
Key Account ManagerStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies involves the connection cost of logistics documents. If there are problems such as inconsistent bill of lading information and customs declaration information, and delayed manifest transmission in the logistics link of the enterprise, the tax refund declaration will be blocked, and some agencies will charge extra fees for document correction.
Our service includes the document connection of the whole link of logistics and tax refund. We will check the core information of bill of lading, manifest and customs declaration form (such as cargo value, commodity quantity, consignor and consignee information) in advance to ensure that the three are completely matched; for your European order, we will coordinate with the logistics partner to transmit the manifest information 24 hours in advance to avoid delayed tax refund declaration caused by manifest problems.
At the same time, in case of logistics abnormalities such as container rollover and port change, we will adjust the time node of tax refund declaration simultaneously. This part of abnormal response service is included in the basic charge, no extra cost.
Michael ZhangYears of service：6Customer Rating：5.0
Customs Declaration & Compliance ExpertStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies should be viewed in combination with the value-added services of cross-border tax planning. Some agencies only provide basic declaration services, and if enterprises need tax planning services such as VAT deferral and cross-border related transaction pricing, they will charge high additional fees.
Our basic charge already includes the VAT deferral application service for European orders, no extra charge; for your hardware products export business, we will also help you sort out the pricing logic of cross-border related transactions to ensure that the pricing complies with BEPS rules and avoid affecting the tax refund qualification due to tax adjustment. At the same time, we will provide enterprises with annual tax risk assessment reports to warn potential tax compliance problems in advance. This part of value-added service is also included in the tiered commission charging system, no extra charge.
Daniel XuYears of service：10Customer Rating：5.0
Director of Import & Export OperationsStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies is closely related to the compliance of the foreign exchange receipt and payment link. If there are problems such as inconsistent amount with the customs declaration form and delayed foreign exchange collection in the enterprise's foreign exchange receipt and payment, the tax refund will be suspended, and some agencies will charge extra fees for the compliance adjustment of foreign exchange receipt and payment. Our service includes the compliance monitoring of the whole process of foreign exchange receipt and payment. We will guide enterprises to collect and pay foreign exchange accurately according to the amount of the customs declaration form in advance.
For your 2 million euro order, we will help you make RMB cross-border payment through the CIPS system, lock the foreign exchange purchase rate, and avoid exchange difference loss; at the same time, if there is a delay in foreign exchange collection, we will help enterprises apply for deferred declaration to the tax bureau to ensure that the tax refund qualification is not affected. This part of the foreign exchange receipt and payment compliance service is included in the basic charge, no extra cost.
Evelyn LiYears of service：3Customer Rating：5.0
Cross-border Compliance SupervisorStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies needs to consider the cost of legal risk prevention and control. If there are clause defects in the enterprise's export contract (such as unreasonable payment method and unclear ownership of intellectual property rights), it will lead to the risk of letter verification during tax refund declaration, and some agencies will charge extra fees for legal risk investigation. Our service includes pre-review of export contracts.
We will check the payment clauses and intellectual property clauses in the contract for your 2 million euro European order to ensure that the contract content meets the tax refund compliance requirements; if there is a performance dispute with the overseas buyer, we will help the enterprise prepare relevant supporting materials to avoid affecting the tax refund declaration due to the dispute. This part of the legal risk prevention and control service is included in the basic charge, no extra charge.
Jason WuYears of service：10Customer Rating：5.0
International Logistics & Supply Chain ManagerStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies is directly related to the compliance of tax refund audit. Some agencies only provide basic declaration services, and if enterprises have problems such as tax refund letter verification and inconsistency of the four streams (contract, invoice, customs declaration, payment voucher), they will charge extra fees for audit response. Our service includes the whole process of tax refund compliance audit. We will check the consistency of the four streams of the enterprise's contract, invoice, customs declaration form and foreign exchange receipt and payment vouchers in advance.
For your hardware products order, we will sort out the document chain of each transaction to ensure that it meets the review requirements of the tax bureau; if there is a tax bureau letter verification, we will help the enterprise prepare the reply materials for the letter verification, follow up the whole process of the letter verification to ensure that the tax refund arrives smoothly. This part of the audit response service is included in the tiered commission charging system, no extra cost.
Lucas LiuYears of service：8Customer Rating：5.0
Senior Operations ConsultantStart a Chat
The charge of export tax refund agencies can be calculated in combination with supply chain cost optimization. Some agencies only focus on the charge of the tax refund link, and do not consider the hedging of the overall supply chain cost. We will provide your enterprise with a linkage analysis of export tax refund and supply chain cost.
For your annual export scale of 8 million RMB, we suggest that you make a linkage planning of tax refund funds, raw material procurement and logistics costs, and optimize the use efficiency of cash flow through accurate prediction of the time of tax refund arrival; at the same time, for your 2 million euro European order, we will help you choose FOB trade terms to reduce the occupation of logistics costs and further reduce the overall foreign trade cost. This part of the supply chain planning service is included in the basic charge, no extra charge.