State Financial Supervision and Administration: Carry out the pilot project of personal tax deferred commercial endowment insurance and personal pension connection.

  Cctv news: The State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau issued a notice on matters related to the connection between individual tax deferred commercial endowment insurance pilot and individual pension. The full text is as follows:

  Shanghai, Jiangsu, Fujian and Xiamen Supervision Bureaus of the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, China Bank Insurance Information Technology Management Co., Ltd., a pilot company of personal tax deferred commercial endowment insurance:

  In order to implement the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Development of Individual Pensions (No.7 [2022] of the State Council), the Measures for the Implementation of Individual Pensions (No.70 [2022] of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security), and the Notice of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, China on Relevant Matters Concerning Insurance Companies’ Personal Pensions (No.17 [2022] of the Banking Insurance Regulatory Commission), and promote the healthy and orderly development of individual pension businesses, In consultation with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of Financial Supervision decided to carry out the pilot project of individual tax deferred commercial endowment insurance (hereinafter referred to as individual tax deferred endowment insurance) and the convergence of individual pensions. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

  1. The pilot company of individual tax deferred pension insurance (hereinafter referred to as the pilot company) shall adhere to the principles of compliance, initiative and convenient operation, do a good job in policy propaganda, optimize the handling process, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of customers, carry out the pilot business of individual tax deferred pension insurance in an orderly manner, and in principle complete all the work before the end of 2023.

  Second, China Bank Insurance Information Technology Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Yinbaoxin Company) shall strengthen the construction and operation management of the information platform of individual tax deferred pension insurance and the information platform of individual pension in the banking insurance industry (hereinafter referred to as the platform of bancassurance industry), and support the connection between the pilot of individual tax deferred pension insurance and individual pension.

  III. Yinbaoxin Co., Ltd. shall co-ordinate the confirmation of the policy information of individual tax deferred pension insurance. Within three working days from the date of issuance of this notice, Yinbaoxin Co., Ltd. shall provide its individual tax deferred pension insurance policy information, including basic information of the insured and payment information, to all pilot companies according to the information of the individual tax deferred pension insurance information platform. Since September 1st, 2023, Yinbaoxin Company has closed the new interface of insurance contract of tax deferred pension insurance information platform, stopped the new account opening function of tax deferred pension insurance policyholders (hereinafter referred to as policyholders), and stopped issuing tax deduction vouchers for tax deferred pension insurance to policyholders.

  Four, the pilot company will check the information provided by the bank insurance company with the relevant information of the company, and the inconsistent information shall be confirmed with the bank insurance company one by one. Within 15 working days from the date of issuance of this notice, the pilot company shall determine the policy information of individual tax deferred endowment insurance and feed it back to the bancassurance company. Since September 1, 2023, the pilot company stopped selling tax deferred pension insurance products to new customers, and supported the change of tax deferred pension insurance policy to personal pension tax deferred pension insurance policy.

  5. After the pilot company completes the docking with the platform system of the bancassurance industry, it shall submit a description of the docking to the General Administration of Financial Supervision, and the General Administration of Financial Supervision shall include the individual tax deferred pension insurance products it has conducted in the list of individual pension insurance products. Individual tax deferred pension insurance products of pilot companies that have not carried out individual tax deferred pension insurance business shall not be included in the list of individual pension insurance products.

  If a pilot company applies for filing other personal pension insurance products, it shall meet the requirements for the insurance company to carry out personal pension business.

  Six, the pilot company shall support the insured who has not yet entered the stage of receiving the pension annuity, and after completing the opening of the personal pension account and the opening or designation of the personal pension fund account, the application for changing the tax deferred pension insurance policy to the personal pension tax deferred pension insurance policy is put forward.

  Seven, after receiving the applicant’s application for policy change, the pilot company shall prompt it to check the tax deferred old-age insurance payment and personal pension fund account payment in 2022 and 2023. If the above two payments totaled more than 12,000 yuan in that year, the applicant can apply for a refund of the excess premium of tax deferred old-age insurance with the relevant payment certificate. The pilot company shall obtain the confirmation of the insured whether it is necessary to refund part of the premium to it.

  If the applicant applies for refund of the premium, the pilot company shall verify the relevant certificates within 10 working days, refund the excess premium and obtain the confirmation of the applicant.

  Eight, the pilot company in accordance with the provisions of article seventh of this notice to obtain the confirmation of the insured, in accordance with the following procedures for policy changes:

  (1) Preserve the individual tax deferred endowment insurance policy by changing the bank account information of the applicant, and notify the applicant of the processing result;

  (two) the preservation information submitted to the tax deferred pension insurance information platform;

  (three) to stop the business operation of the insured’s tax deferred pension insurance policy;

  (4) Check the basic information of the tax deferred pension insurance policy, the premium information of the tax deferred pension insurance paid and the account value information with the bancassurance company and submit them to the bancassurance industry platform.

  Nine, after the completion of the policy change, the pilot company shall make a prompt to the insured on the following matters, and obtain the confirmation of the insured:

  The tax deferred pension insurance policy has been changed into a personal pension tax deferred pension insurance policy, and the insured subsequently pays the premium through the personal pension fund account; The insured needs to check the total amount paid by the individual tax deferred pension insurance policy and the individual pension fund account, and make reasonable arrangements for the subsequent individual pension fund account payment in the remaining time of 2023 according to the annual payment ceiling of 12,000 yuan. The payment beyond the limit cannot be deducted before personal income tax.

  According to the Announcement of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Individual Income Tax Policies for Individual Pensions (Announcement No.34 of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation, 2022), Shanghai, Fujian, Suzhou Industrial Park and other areas that have implemented the pilot project of individual tax deferred old-age insurance will be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the announcement from January 1, 2022, that is, the total expenditure of individuals purchasing individual tax deferred old-age insurance and the payment to individual pension fund accounts can be within the limit of 12,000 yuan per year.

  Ten, such as the applicant’s application, the pilot company can through the policy approval way, the individual pension tax deferred pension insurance policy for the following treatment:

  (a) add a one-time collection method to the contract, and the collection amount is the value of the product account at the time of collection;

  (2) Add a clause in the contract that allows the insured to surrender, but in the case of new surrender, the cash value of the first three policy years shall not be less than 97%, 98% and 99% of the account value.

  Personal pension tax deferred pension insurance policy surrender and receive related funds should meet the requirements of closed management of personal pension fund accounts.

  Eleven, in the process of connecting the pilot business of individual tax deferred pension insurance with personal pension, the bank insurance company shall submit relevant information to the tax authorities as required.

  The pilot company shall submit information to the bancassurance industry platform in accordance with the provisions when carrying out the business related to individual pension tax deferred pension insurance policies. The bancassurance company shall submit relevant information to the personal pension information management service platform in accordance with the regulations.

  Twelve, the pilot company shall not support the application for policy change put forward by the insured who has begun to receive the pension annuity.

  Thirteen, for the insured who has started to receive the pension annuity, the pilot company can add a one-time payment method to the tax deferred pension insurance contract through policy approval according to their application, and the amount received is the difference between the personal account value at the end of the accumulation period of the tax deferred pension insurance product and the amount received. When an individual receives it according to the regulations, the pilot company shall withhold and remit the personal income tax payable.

  Fourteen, since the date of issuance of this notice, the pilot company shall make a three-month announcement through its official website, and take one of three ways in turn, namely telephone, text message and writing, to give tips on the following contents:

  (a) the time schedule for the pilot company to carry out the pilot business of individual tax deferred pension insurance and personal pension;

  (two) the requirements and procedures for the policy change and refund of the insured who has not yet entered the stage of receiving the pension annuity;

  (three) the requirements and procedures for the applicant who has started to receive the pension annuity to apply for a one-time payment;

  (four) the requirements and procedures for the change of individual pension tax deferred pension insurance policy;

  (five) the service situation of the tax deferred pension insurance information platform;

  (6) Requirements for the closed management of individual pension fund accounts;

  (7) Preferential tax policies for individual pensions;

  (eight) other matters related to the protection of the rights and interests of the insured.

  Fifteen, since January 1, 2024, the tax deferred pension insurance information platform stopped providing account management, renewal payment, information inquiry and other services for the insured. After the pilot project of individual tax deferred pension insurance and personal pension are fully completed, the information platform of individual tax deferred pension insurance stops serving. The pilot company shall do a good job in the policy management of the insured who has not joined the individual pension system.

  16. From now until December 31, 2023, the pilot company shall submit the progress of the connection between the pilot business of individual tax deferred pension insurance and individual pension to Yinbaoxin Company within 5 working days after the end of each month. The bancassurance company shall, within 10 working days after the end of each month, summarize the situation of the pilot companies and submit a report to the General Administration of Financial Supervision.