During the second World Humanoid Robot Games, reporters visited multiple participating companies and observed that behind technological breakthroughs and the emergence of new products, comprehensive and refined tax policies and service support are helping to build a healthier industrial operation ecosystem, from agile and precise humanoid five finger dexterous hands to humanoid robots that can dribble and shoot on the green field.
During this year's sports meet, our K1 and T2 robots also participated in football competition sports events. By the end of 2025, the company has completed the delivery of over a thousand humanoid robots, covering universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries, with globalization accounting for over 40%. ”Yin Fengjiao, the financial director of Beijing Accelerated Evolution Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Accelerated Evolution"), introduced that Accelerated Evolution is a national high-tech enterprise established in Haidian District in 2023. Although it started relatively late, it has effectively enjoyed multiple benefits such as the halving of "six taxes and two fees" for small and micro enterprises, additional deduction of research and development expenses, preferential income tax for high-tech enterprises, and exemption and refund of export tax for goods.
In Yin Fengjiao's view, the robot industry has a long research and development cycle and high funding requirements. The optimization of every core algorithm and the localization of every key component rely on the long-term support of "real money and silver". Tax preferential policies have effectively reduced tax burden costs and eased financial pressure. Standardized tax data is a mandatory requirement for capital operation. Focusing on tax compliance not only enhances the credit and market competitiveness of enterprises, but also clears obstacles for future financing, equity restructuring, and so on. At the same time, authentic and reliable financial and tax data can effectively help management see the true level of profitability, provide reliable basis for pricing, investment, and expansion, and avoid decision-making errors caused by distorted data.
The robotics industry covers multiple aspects such as core components, complete machine manufacturing, system integration, software development, and scenario application services, with a high proportion of specialized, innovative, and high-tech enterprises. The significant characteristics of these technology intensive enterprises are that they have multiple research and development projects, long cycles, low or even loss making profits in the early stage, and also involve multiple businesses such as technology transfer, equity incentives, software sales, and export sales. The tax related scenarios are more complex than traditional manufacturing industries.
For robot companies, we have focused on implementing tax policies such as 100% additional deduction of research and development expenses, 15% preferential income tax rate for high-tech enterprises, and instant refund of value-added tax on software products, to ensure that companies can enjoy them to the fullest, "said Feng Qingqing, Deputy Director of Apple Garden Taxation Office of Shijingshan District Taxation Bureau in Beijing.
According to Fang Hainan, Chief Marketing Officer of Beijing Inshi Robot Technology Co., Ltd., as a high-tech enterprise, the company enjoys the policy of additional deduction for research and development expenses, and the corporate income tax rate has been reduced from 25% to 15%. With policy support, the company is also investing more resources in technological research and product development.
For intelligent enterprises in our jurisdiction, we will carry out full cycle accurate tax related guidance in three stages, "said Gong Piaolin, Deputy Director of Dongsheng Taxation Office of Haidian District Taxation Bureau in Beijing. In addition to guiding enterprises to build a solid compliance foundation in the start-up stage, in the project approval stage, combined with the characteristics of the robot research and development industry, the tax department will provide special guidance on key links such as R&D expense allocation, equipment depreciation, and commissioned R&D, and implement policies such as additional deduction of R&D expenses and immediate refund upon collection; Guide enterprises to establish R&D project auxiliary accounts, clarify policy application criteria, prevent tax risks caused by policy understanding deviations, and truly transform policy dividends into fuel for technological breakthroughs.
In addition, to provide "escort" for the capitalization and globalization stage of robot enterprises, the tax department has also formed a special team to provide "one-on-one" personalized guidance, sorting out tax points in advance and alerting potential tax risks; In response to the needs of enterprises for overseas layout, provide guidance on the issuance of tax resident identity certificates, the application of tax treaty benefits, and the withholding and payment of foreign exchange to help enterprises prevent cross-border tax risks.
According to data from the State Administration of Taxation, in the first half of the year, the current policies supporting scientific and technological innovation and the development of the manufacturing industry reduced taxes, fees, and refunds by as much as 1.91 trillion yuan. The tax department is providing refined services to help enterprises prevent tax related risks, from moving the risk threshold forward, clarifying the boundaries of research and development and production expenses, to early warning of income recognition and other links.
Feng Qingqing stated that in the next stage, the tax department will continue to deepen the precise push of big data, target and match tax and fee policies around different growth stages of enterprises, conduct regular visits and research, and timely collect and respond to tax related demands of enterprises in technology transformation, export tax rebates, equity incentives, and other aspects.