How much money can the comprehensive agency for export tax rebate save me? These 8 questions must be understood in advance!

What isExport DrawbackComprehensive Agency Service?

Comprehensive export tax rebate agency refers to professional service institutions providing enterprises withfull - process services such as customs declaration document review, tax declaration, foreign exchange verification, and risk early warning. Different from traditional bookkeeping agency, this type of service focuses more on the characteristics of international trade and covers the compliant connection of the three regulatory systems of customs, tax, and foreign exchange. According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs in 2025, the average tax rebate cycle of enterprises using professional agency services has been shortened by 37.6%.

Why entrust a professional agency?

• Policy complexity: After the implementation of the Value - Added Tax Law in 2025, new changes have occurred in the linkage mechanism between export tax rebate and input tax credit refund
• Declaration timeliness: The Electronic Tax Bureau requires export enterprises towithin 90 days after the goods leave the countryafter receiving payment
• Risk prevention and control: In 2024, the amount involved in false tax rebate cases seized by the customs increased by 22% year - on - year, and professional review is of great importance

What specific services does the comprehensive agency include?

• Basic service package:
  • Verification of the matching of customs declaration forms and value - added tax invoices
  • Data entry into the export tax rebate declaration system
  • Analysis report on the balance of foreign exchange receipts and payments
• Value - added service items:
  • Cross - customs area business coordination (new special supervision policies for comprehensive bonded zones added in 2025)
  • Pre - evaluation and calculation of tax rebate amount
  • Accompaniment service for on - site communication with the tax bureau

How to evaluate the professionalism of an agency company?

It is recommended to examine from three dimensions:

1. ViewCustoms AEO certification qualificationandTax rebate practical cases of more than 5 years
2. Confirm whether professional certified personnel such as Certified Documentary Credit Specialists (CDCS) are equipped
3. Required to provide theaverage tax refund arrival cyclewritten proof for the most recent 12 months

How to calculate the agency service fee reasonably?

The mainstream charging models in the market in 2025 include:

• Basic service fee: 800 - 2000 yuan per order (depending on the complexity of the business)
• Commission system: 0.3% - 0.8% of the amount of tax refund received
• Annual package: suitable for enterprises with an annual export volume exceeding 5 million US dollars, including 12 declaration services

It is necessary to pay special attention to whether the contract includesresponse to secondary verificationand clauses for handling unexpected situations such as this.

What else does an enterprise need to do after entrusting an agency?

• Provide completeExport ClearanceV. VerificationMaritime Transportationbill of lading and commercial invoicescanned copies before the 10th of each month
• Cooperate to completeA complete export agency agreement should be attached with:cross - verification of bank statementsand customs declaration data
• Participate in the tax health assessment meeting every quarter

How to handle tax refund disputes?

Professional agencies should provide three - level guarantees:

1. Promise of the first - time declaration pass rate (the excellent industry level reaches 98%)
2. 24 - hour response mechanism for abnormal communication with the tax bureau
3. Purchase professional liability insurance (it is recommended that the insured amount is not less than 500,000 yuan)

What should be noted about the policy changes in 2025?

• The e - tax bureau has addedintelligent tax refund diagnosisfunction (launched on March, 2025)
• Adjustment of the conversion rules of customs HS codes affects the application of tax refund rates
• Cross-border E-commerceB2B exports are included in the tax refund system (the number of pilot cities has increased to 15)

It is recommended that enterprises clearly stipulate when signing the agency agreementThe obligation to inform about policy updatesAnd the corresponding service adjustment plan.