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Last month, the State Council issued the Circular 14, with many measures to boost merger and acquisition (M&A) operations, in order to encourage enterprises to get bigger and stronger through M&A. As such, new tax measures related to M&A have been implemented....

Sometimes, cultural differences bring difficulties in doing business in China. One of the big differences out there is the approach to contract. As this is a basis of any business relation let us explain how Western and Chinese visions of a contract differ,...

The new Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) offers attractive opportunities for foreign investors to establish a company there. And according to the numbers, a lot of them already have. The lower requirements and less restrictive approval procedures played...

We will hereby go over some of the recent changes made to the Registration Administration System of Foreign Invested Enterprises. First, let me state that this article is complementary to the previous article “Major improvements for FIEs registration...

It looks like China is gone hunting lately. What I mean that it is strengthening its enforcement efficiency. Two recent sets of examples brought me to this statement. First, the release of the “Opinions on Some Issues concerning the Application of Law...

The Shanghai Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange has issued a Circular with new measures to create a better environment for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) to conduct cross-border trading and...

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VAT invoices updates

Published on March 28 2014

A new announcement of the State Administration of Taxation has recently taken effect. It simplifies the procedures related to value-added tax (VAT) invoices, including the procedure for the approval or loss of special VAT invoices. The former method of...

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New tax measures as of March 2014

Published on March 25 2014

Today, let us have a look at the main new features in Tax Law as of March 2014 First, the list of services which are subject to VAT at 0% because of the policy of VAT refund to tax payers for exportation of certain services has been expanded. International...

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Do not forget environmental laws

Published on March 21 2014

The environmental laws of China have been improving throughout the last years. Today, it has become a major element to take into account, and no foreign investor should underestimate the importance to comply with them when conducting their operations....

The New Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) brings out a significant number of improvements in the field of cross-border investment. Historically heavily regulated in China, cross-border investments know an important deregulation effort in the FTZ. Let...