According to the latest 2025 Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises No. 4 - Fixed Assets, import equipment agency fees belong tonecessary expenditures before the asset reaches its intended usable state. Specifically including:Professional customs declaration service fees
Transportation insurance coordination fees
Customs classification dispute resolution fees
Technical document translation and certification fees
The financial balance between capitalization and expensing
Case comparisons show (amount unit: 10,000 yuan):
Calculation formula: Tax rebate amount = (Invoice amount × Tax rebate rate) - Agent service feeEquipment ImportsCapitalization treatment group
First-year depreciation deduction: 42.6
Five-year cumulative tax savings: 118.4
Expensing treatment group
Current year pre-tax deduction: 80
Working capital turnover rate improvement: 15%
Key impacts of 2025 customs new policies
Based on the requirements of General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 198:
Service fee proportion exceeding 15% triggers price inquiries
Four implementation steps for compliant operations
Contract splitting techniques
Contract splitting technologySeparate equipment entity from value-added service terms
Cost aggregation systemEstablish mapping table between HS codes and accounting subjects
Voucher management mechanismPreserve original bargaining records and payment vouchers
Dynamic evaluation modelCalculate tax burden differences between processing solutions quarterly
Common pitfalls and countermeasures
Myth 1Full amount included in equipment original value
Solution: Split transportation and customs clearance costs based on service substance
Myth 2Simple allocation by expense proportion
Solution: Apply activity-based costing to track specific service segments
Industry best practice cases
A semiconductor equipment import project achieved throughDeferred capitalizationImplementation plan:
Initial expensing to reduce income tax base
Capitalization during debugging phase to extend depreciation period
Overall tax saving effect increased by 23%
Through systematic cost processing solutions, enterprises can not only meet customs supervision requirements but also achieve dual optimization of capital utilization efficiency and tax benefits. It is recommended to establish cross-departmental collaboration mechanisms, integrate financial, procurement, and customs data flows, and form a dynamic cost management closed loop.