What are the requirements for a Beijing company to apply for a license plate?
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Vehicle purchase conditions: The enterprise must have a valid business license (or industrial and commercial registration certificate), organization code certificate, and tax registration certificate, and must have paid a certain amount of value-added tax in the city in the previous year. Non-fully funded institutions, social organizations, and other entities must have a valid organization code certificate. Here is additional information: Beijing's license plate lottery: The 8th round of the small passenger vehicle license plate lottery in Beijing in 2013 concluded on August 26, with over 1.55 million individual applicants participating. Only 18,499 winning codes were drawn, resulting in a winning rate of less than 1.2%, setting a new record low. It is reported that Beijing implemented the license plate lottery policy for vehicle purchases starting in January 2011, with the annual number of new small passenger vehicles capped at 240,000.
Last year, I helped my boss apply for a Beijing license plate, and the company had to meet several strict requirements first. The company must be registered in Beijing—this rule is strictly enforced, and companies registered elsewhere have little chance. Secondly, the company must meet the tax threshold, with at least 50,000 yuan in VAT payments for the previous fiscal year. We even double-checked this figure with our finance team at the time. Once qualified, the company can apply for one lottery code, with an additional code for every 500,000 yuan in tax payments, but capped at eight codes. I prepared the business license, the handler’s ID card, and a power of attorney, filled out the online application form first, and then submitted the materials at the service center. The lottery success rate is shockingly low—we applied for three codes and waited eight months before winning one. Note that newly registered companies can’t apply in the same year; they must wait for tax records to be available. The application process is extremely time-consuming, so I recommend preparing materials at least six months in advance.
