It should be legal! Business tax is not collected, but there are conditions: you are not allowed to issue it on your own invoices or charge unit bills; the money collected is turned over in full, and you are not allowed to withhold part of the handling fee\retention, etc. and then turn over the difference. Policy basis: 1. Article 5: The taxpayer's turnover shall be all the price and extra-price fees collected by the taxpayer for providing taxable services, transferring intangible assets, or selling real estate. 2. Article 13 The extra-price expenses mentioned in Article 5 of the regulations include handling fees, subsidies, funds, fund-raising fees, returned profits, incentive fees, liquidated damages, Late payment fees, deferred payment interests, compensations, collections, advances, penalty interests and other extra-price charges of various natures, but do not include government funds or administrative fees collected on behalf of others that meet the following conditions: (1) ) Government funds established with the approval of the State Council or the Ministry of Finance, and administrative fees established with the approval of the State Council or the provincial people's government and its finance and pricing departments; (2) When collecting, a fiscal certificate printed by the finance department at or above the provincial level is issued Bills; (3) All the money collected shall be turned over to the finance department. 3. Caishui [2009] No. 111 clarified the issue of whether business tax should be levied on the collection entities of government funds and administrative charges. The document stipulates: Administrative charges and government funds that meet the following conditions are temporarily exempt from business tax:
(1) Government funds established with the approval of the State Council or the Ministry of Finance shall be established by the State Council or the provincial people's government and administrative fees and government funds approved by the finance and price authorities;
(2) When collecting, issue fiscal bills uniformly printed or supervised by the finance departments at or above the provincial level (including provincial levels) ;
(3) All the money collected shall be turned over to the finance department.
Any administrative charges or government funds that do not meet the above three conditions at the same time and fall within the scope of business tax taxation shall be levied business tax in accordance with regulations.