ChinaThe mobile payment giant Alipay was canceled in Shanghai's high -tech enterprises due to the failure of R & D expenses, and the company responded that the qualifications did not take the initiative to apply after the qualifications expired.
Comprehensive Bloomberg and Caixian reported that according to the notice issued by the Shanghai Municipal Government on September 8, Alipay (China) was canceled the qualifications of high -tech enterprises due to the incomplete proportion of R & D expenses.
In accordance with relevant regulations, companies that have obtained the qualification certification of high -tech enterprises can enjoy the corresponding tax incentives.The identification standard requires that the annual research and development cost of the enterprise should account for a certain percentage of the total sales revenue in the same period. Among them, the sales revenue is greater than 200 million yuan (RMB, the same below, about 40 million yuan), and its research and development costs should account for the proportion of research and development expenses.Not less than 3%.
Alipay parent company Ant Group on Thursday (October 6) in response to Chinese media inquiries that the Shanghai High -tech Enterprise's identification guidance team revoked the qualifications of high -tech enterprises in 2020 and 2021.After Alipay's qualifications in Shanghai's high -tech enterprises have expired, they did not take the initiative to apply.The company also pointed out that Alipay is an Ant's payment license company, and its R & D expenditure only accounts for part of Ant's overall R & D expenditure.
It is reported that the Ant Group's R & D fee of 18.8 billion yuan in 2021 is 18.8 billion yuan. Four subjects under the group belong to the list of high -tech enterprises in Shanghai, including Ant Chain, Ant Zhi'an Security Technology, etc.The annual increase is about 50%every year.
Ant Group was founded by China's billionaire Ma Yun, and was stopped listed by the government in 2020.Since then, the company has been self -reorganization to meet the requirements of the Chinese government, including strengthening capital, and preparing to apply for a financial holding company license.
