Entity setup · Structure · First-year compliance
The structure you choose decides your tax rate, what you can invoice, how much capital you must lock up, and how hard the annual filings are. We are accountants, not incorporation agents — we tell you what each option costs you afterwards, and we handle everything from the bank account onwards.
Timing
The licence is the fast part. Banking and tax registration are where foreign investors lose weeks.
WFOE, joint venture or representative office, compared against what you will actually trade and invoice.
Name approval, MOFCOM/SAMR filing, business licence, and company seals. Handled by your incorporation agent; we prepare the numbers they need.
Capital account opening, tax registration, VAT status and invoice quota. This is where most delays happen, and where we do the work.
Monthly or quarterly VAT, IIT withholding, and the first annual audit and CIT settlement. We hand you a calendar so nothing is missed.
Scope of services
Written out in detail on purpose. If you are comparing firms, this is the list to put side by side with theirs.
Deliverables
One page comparing the three options against your facts, with our recommendation and why.
What the bank, SAMR and the tax bureau will ask for, in the order they ask for it.
Chart of accounts, opening balances and the first month closed.
Every filing date for the next twelve months, with who does what.
Process
Entity type, what has been requested, and when it is due. One email is enough to start.
We come back within one business day with a written scope, a fixed fee and dates.
One document request list. We work from it, and visit site only where the work genuinely needs it.
Signed output in English or bilingual, plus support through whatever filing follows.
Fees
Fixed, in writing, before fieldwork starts. The drivers below are the ones that actually move the number — we tell you which of them apply to you in the first reply, not after you have signed.
FAQ
Usually yes. The legal representative may need to appear for bank account opening, depending on the bank, but the rest can be done under a power of attorney. We will tell you which steps genuinely need you in the country.
Typically two to four weeks after the licence is issued, and longer if the bank wants to see the capital arrive first. Plan the whole setup at three to six months.
For most sectors there is no statutory minimum. The practical minimum is set by how much the entity needs to fund its first months, and by what looks credible to the bank.
If you need to invoice customers in RMB and sign contracts in your own name, you generally need a WFOE. A representative office cannot invoice and cannot employ staff directly, but it is cheap and simple for liaison work. A joint venture is worth it only when you need a local partner's licences or relationships.
No. Incorporation agency work is not part of our licensed practice, and we say so plainly. We work alongside your agent, and we handle the capital verification, tax registration, bookkeeping and filings that follow.
Send the business scope, the capital you are planning, and your timetable. We will tell you which structure costs you least over three years, not just at setup.