Risks to VAT Exemptions on Cross-border Service Income in China

18 June 2024
Last year, a European client asked us to conduct a tax due diligence on their subsidiary in Shanghai, to determine whether all taxes had been duly paid. One of the key issues that we uncovered, was that the Chinese entity had been wrongfully claiming VAT exemption on services provided to their HQ.
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Establish a Chinese Subsidiary: Deciding on the Right Location

11 June 2024
While concerns remain over geopolitics and economics, we are once again supporting an increasing number of Western companies to establish manufacturing, trading or service subsidiaries in China. One of the key questions for foreign investors that we need to respond to is: where to best locate such a subsidiary?
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Common Key Red Flags in Chinese Legal Due Diligence

4 June 2024
When completing LDDs on Chinese Targets for European and North American multinationals, we often come across the same kinds of issues. Here is a selection:
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How to Lose Your Trademarks in China (and how not to)

28 May 2024
In a recent case, a potential client asked for our advice. Their Chinese registered trademark had been cancelled because a competitor had filed a non-use cancellation application, and the client’s local trademark agent had failed to notify the client thereof in time.
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Terminating Employees in China through Negotiations

21 May 2024
Chinese labor laws are relatively strict when it comes to unilateral termination by the employer. This is only permitted for one of several grounds listed in the law.
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China Lifts Restrictions in Value-Added Telecom Services

16 May 2024
On 10 April 2024, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a Notice aiming to loosen foreign investment restrictions on certain Value-Added Telecom Services (VATS) in pilot areas.
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Employees Setting up Competing Business Becomes Crime in China

13 May 2024
The latest update to the PRC Criminal Law includes provisions to tackle employees have set up a parallel, competing business; and employees who disadvantage their employer when dealing with “friendly” customers or suppliers.
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New Chinese Rules Relax Compliance on Data Export

26 March 2024
Last Friday, the CAC finally published the Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow, which became effective immediately.
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Ensuring Accessibility of APPs in China

Given the 31 March 2024 deadline, companies hosting content on servers outside of mainland China may have to rethink their strategy.
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Deadline for Smart Phone Applications and Mini Programs Filing

27 February 2024
On 4 August 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) set a timeline to enforce the filing of mobile applications (APPs) and mini programs, in the published Notice on Carrying out the Filing of Mobile Internet Applications.
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