Data bridging, enterprise tax refund is worry free and effortless

Apply today and your payment will arrive tomorrow, saving time and effort! "Said Luo Xingbang, Deputy General Manager of Business at Chinalco Qingdao International Trade Co., Ltd., regarding the" paperless tax refund application system "being promoted and applied by the General Administration of Customs. Recently, the company successfully applied for a tax refund of 8.816 million yuan from Qingdao Dagang Customs, a subsidiary of Qingdao Customs, through the system. The entire process was handled online, and the refund was received one day later.

Tax refund is still a routine business of customs duties, with wide coverage, high processing frequency, and directly affecting the circulation of enterprise funds. It is understood that the tax refund process involves four stages: enterprise application, customs acceptance, tax bureau deduction information verification, and national treasury processing of tax refunds. In the past, paper documents were circulated between various units and stages, and enterprises needed to submit documents on-site at each unit, which was time-consuming and laborious, seriously restricting the timeliness of tax refund processing.

To solve this "bottleneck" problem, the General Administration of Customs will promote the application of the "paperless tax refund application system" in the national customs from November 1, 2025, based on the pilot operation of seven directly affiliated customs including Qingdao Customs. This system enables electronic circulation of tax refund information between customs, taxation, treasury, and banks, thereby realizing the full process online processing of tax refund business. It not only greatly improves the efficiency of tax refund, but also effectively reduces the operating costs of enterprises, bringing real convenience and benefits to enterprises.

The customs took the initiative to recommend the newly implemented 'paperless tax refund application system' to us and guided us to handle tax refund business online through the 'single window', all of which can be applied for online. Rohingbang explained that it usually takes 7-10 days to receive the tax refund for offline processing, but now it can be received in almost one day, greatly improving the turnover rate of funds.

According to statistics, in the first 11 months of this year, Qingdao Dagang Customs has processed 156 batches of tax refund business for enterprises, refunding 26.349 million yuan in taxes, and improving the processing time by more than 90%. (Chen Lei, Lu Xigao, Fan Yao/text)