(Beijing Comprehensive News) China Mobile Paying Giant Alipay was revoked to the qualifications of Shanghai High -tech Enterprise because of the inadequate research and development expenses, and Alipay's parent company Ant Group responded that it did not take the initiative to apply after the qualification expires.
According to the Financial Association, Shanghai High -tech Enterprise identification guidance team announced on September 8th to announce the list of the first batch of high -tech enterprise qualification enterprises this year, and the age of withdrawal was in 2020 and 2021.Including Alipay (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd., a total of 14 Chinese companies were disqualified from being revoked. Alipay was disqualified from being canceled in 2020 due to the failure of R & D costs.
Ant Group responded to inquiries on Thursday (October 6) that Alipay (China) did not take the initiative to apply after the qualifications of high -tech enterprises in Shanghai.Alipay is an Ant's payment company, and its R & D expenditure only accounts for part of the Ant's overall R & D expenditure.
According to regulations, obtaining qualification certification enterprises in high -tech enterprises can enjoy preferential tax policies within three years of qualifications.If the qualification period is expired, if the review application or unqualified review is not submitted, the company's qualification expires expires automatically.The identification standard requires that the annual R & D expenses of the enterprise should account for a certain percentage of the total sales revenue in the same period. Among them, the sales revenue of 200 million yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 40 million) or more, the proportion of R & D costs is not less than 3 %.
Ant Group's research and development costs in 2021 were 18.8 billion yuan. The four main entities under the Group belonged to the list of Shanghai High -tech enterprises. R & D expenses increased by about 50 % from 2020 to the present.
