Abstract:Abstract: This paper uses Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2007-2019 as a research sample to explore the compound impact of the pre-tax add-on deduction policy for R&D expenses on corporate values from the tax-book transmission path. The findings show that there is a significant positive effect of the policy of pre-tax deduction of R&D expenses on corporate values. Meanwhile, The positive effect of the intensity of the pre-tax deduction for R&D expenses on corporate values gradually increases as binding tax-book differences and tax effort decrease and the incentive tax-book differences. Expensed R&D expenditure, non-monopolistic competitive industry companies are more susceptible to the negative effects of binding tax-book differences resulting from add-on deductions, while expensed R&D expenditure companies are more affected by the positive compounding effects of incentive tax-book differences and monopolistic competitive industry companies are more susceptible to the positive compounding effects of incentive tax-book differences. Further, the incentive effect of the amortisation rate of intangible assets on firm value is effectively exercised. This finding can be seen to provide empirical evidence on the pre-tax deduction policy for R&D expenses, which is important for policy makers and business managers to better understand the effects of R&D policy implementation.