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STATUTORY RESERVES - Note 18
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
STATUTORY RESERVES - Note 18

NOTE 18 - STATUTORY RESERVES

As stipulated by the Company Law of the PRC, net income after taxation can only be distributed as dividends after appropriation has been made for the following:

i) Making up cumulative prior years' losses, if any;

ii) Allocations to the "Statutory surplus reserve" of at least 10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, until the fund amounts to 50% of the Company's registered capital;

iii) Allocations of 5-10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, to the Company's "Statutory common welfare fund", which is established for the purpose of providing employee facilities and other collective benefits to the Company's employees; and Statutory common welfare fund is no longer required per the new cooperation law executed in 2006.

iv) Allocations to the discretionary surplus reserve, if approved in the shareholders' general meeting.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company's statutory surplus reserve was $737,623 and $702,539 respectively.