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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950170-25-028319
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Yalla Group Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001794350
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		#238, BUILDING 16
		STREET 2:		DUBAI INTERNET CITY
		CITY:			DUBAI
		STATE:			C0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86-571-89807962

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18TH FLOOR, HUAYE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
		STREET 2:		NO. 599, JIANYE ROAD, BINJIANG DISTRIC
		CITY:			HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			310000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FYXTech Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20191115
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  <p style="text-indent:6.933%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">If an enterprise is considered a PRC resident enterprise under the above definition, its global income will be subject to enterprise income tax at the rate of 25%. The Notice on Issues about the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Enterprises Registered Abroad as Resident Enterprises on the Basis of Their Body of Actual Management issued by the State Administration of Taxation, or the SAT, on April 22, 2009 and effective on January 1, 2008 and partly amended on December 29, 2017 and effective on the same date, sets up a more specific definition of the &#x201c;de facto management bodies&#x201d; standard.</font><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline solid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> According to SAT Circular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having its &#x201c;de facto management body&#x201d; in the PRC only if all of the following conditions are met: (i) the senior management and core management departments in charge of daily production and operations are located mainly in the PRC; (ii) decisions relating to the enterprise&#x2019;s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approval by organizations or personnel in the PRC; (iii) the enterprise&#x2019;s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, and board and shareholder resolutions, are located or maintained in the PRC; and (iv) at least 50% of voting board members or senior management habitually reside in the PRC.</font><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline solid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">Under the EIT Law and its implementation rules, an enterprise established outside China with a &#x201c;de facto management body&#x201d; within mainland China is considered a PRC resident enterprise for Chinese enterprise income tax purposes. A PRC resident enterprise is generally subject to certain Chinese tax reporting obligations and a uniform 25% enterprise income tax rate on its global income. The implementation rules to the EIT Law provide that non-resident legal entities are considered PRC residents if substantial and overall management and control over the production and business operations, personnel, accounting, properties, etc., occurs within the mainland China. </font><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline solid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">The Company is a company incorporated outside the mainland China and is not an offshore entity controlled by mainland China enterprises. As a holding company, its key assets are its ownership interests of its subsidiaries, and its key assets and operation are located outside the mainland China. </font><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline solid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">The Company does not believe that it is more likely than not that the Company and its subsidiaries registered outside the mainland China should be treated as residents for EIT Law purposes. If the PRC tax authorities subsequently determine that the Company and its subsidiaries registered outside the mainland China are deemed resident enterprises, the Company and its subsidiaries registered outside the mainland China will be subject to the PRC income tax at a rate of 25%. As of December 31, 2024, the Group had not received any inquiry or notice from the tax authorities of mainland China in respect of the tax resident status of its offshore entities.</font></p>
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