Shenzhen RO Formation Services
Hotline: 86-755-82143348, Email:amyhuang@citilinkia.com
A representative office is an organization that carries out market contacts and research for its headquarters, and assists in developing its business in other countries.
In comparison with WFOE companies, representative offices can not issue any invoices, and therefore gain any income by itself. All expenses of a representative office have to be fully funded by the company headquarters.
A Representative Office (RO) means a branch office of a foreign company set up in China.
RO make sense if
a. The scale of operation is small.
b. There is no need to have strong presence in China.
c. Competitors are not here.
d. Contribution of registered capital is a concern.
e. A large sales team for domestic sales is not needed.
Limitation of RO
a. In general, Representative Office is not allowed to earn income. The major problem with the RO is the restriction of issuing invoices.
b. Representative Office pays tax on expenses.
c. The tax holiday is not applicable to Representative Office.
d. A Representative Office may only receive funds by transmission from its head office. It is not even allowed to receive cash or funds transferred from a domestic company.
Operation Period
The general period of operation of RO shall not exceed 3 years.
General Requirement
No registered capital is required.
Estimated Setup Time
About 2 months
Licenses and Certificates Obtained after Successfully Setup
a. Certificate of Approval for Establishing Representative Office
b. Business Registration License
c. Enterprise Code Certificate
d. Tax Registration Certificates
e. Certificate of Registration with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
f. Statistics Registration License
g. Finance Registration License
Contact Us
If you have further queries, don’t hesitate to contact ATAHK anytime, anywhere by simply visiting ATAHK’s website www.3737580.net, or calling Hong Kong hotline at 852-27826888 or China hotline at 86-755-82143422, or emailing to anitayao@citilinkia.com.