China Raises Pre-Tax Additional Deductions for R&D Expenses of Manufacturing Firms China Raises Pre-Tax Additional Deductions for R&D Expenses of Manufacturing Firms April 15, 2021 Posted by China Briefing Written by Zoey Zhang Reading Time: 3 minutes On April 7, 2021, China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) and State Taxation Administration (STA) jointly released the Announcement on Further Improving the Policy for Pre-Tax Additional Deductions for R&D Expenses (MOF SAT Announcement [2021] No.13). The announcement, with retrospective effect from January 1, 2021, increases the ratio of additional deduction on manufacturing firms’ R&D expenses from 75 percent to 100 percent. According to the announcement, for R&D expenses actually incurred by manufacturing firms: