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ChinaTax (Accountants)June 12, 2018August 28, 2020

EUROPEAN COMPANIES Think Globally, Act Locally: Three Channel to Reaching the Chinese TO CHINA Customer SELLING PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The European companies must learn how to promote, sell, and distribute products or services through a variety of channels and retail formats in China. For global consumer companies, building this kind of regional–local Channel can be an enormous challenge—but it can’t be ignored. The most successful global consumer enterprises are radically reshaping their organizations and […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 12, 2018August 28, 2020

M&A in China: Acquisition of a Business Assets M&A Process – Asset Deal

An asset acquisition in China is the purchase of a company bybuying its assets instead of its shares. In China, an asset acquisition may also involve an assumption of certain liabilities; however, because the parties can bargain over which assets will be acquired and which liabilities will be assumed, the transaction form can be far […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 12, 2018August 28, 2020

China Merger & Acquisition: Consideration of Share Acquisition Deal in China M&A Process – Share Deal

A share purchase is conceptually very straightforward; the buyer simply purchases the outstanding stock of target company directly from the stockholders. The name of your company, operations, contracts, etc. All remain in place, just with new owners.In a share acquisition, the buyer acquires the target company’s share from its stockholders. The target company stays exactly […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 12, 2018August 28, 2020

Taxation in China: Tax Guide for doing business and investing in China

Tax laws and policies are developed jointly by the regulatorybodies of the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) and the Ministry of Finance. The SAT is the body charged with collecting tax and enforcing compliance and is assisted by the state and local tax bureaus at the provincial level and below. Applicable tax laws and policies […]

New ZealandTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

A Week in Review

AEOI Awareness Campaign You may have noticed the tax agents release earlier in the week by IR, alerting you to the fact that they have signed up to the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI), which is the OECD’s global initiative to attempt to combat tax evasion. The IR update will not have been much of […]

Richard AshbyPartner, Gilligan Sheppard

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

Legal Framework of Hong Kong

The legal system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is based on the rule oflaw and the independence of the judiciary. The constitutional framework for the legal system isprovided by the Basic Law sanctioned by the National People’s Congress of the PRC. Under theprinciple of ‘one country, two systems’, the HKSAR legal system, […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

Employment Law and Human Resources

The Employment Ordinance applies to everyemployee engaged under a contract ofemployment in Hong Kong with only a fewminor exceptions; for example, in relation tofamily members employed in familybusinesses, and to merchant seamen. TheEmployment Ordinance applies equally tolocals and foreign nationals working in HongKong. To read in full please CLICK HERE

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

Corporate Finance in Hong Kong

Once a company has decided topursue a listing, it must also considera suitable market on which to list itsshares.Hong Kong is the market ofchoice in Asia for companies seekingto go Asia or worldwide and raisefunds. These include Hong Kong andMainland Chinese companies as wellas overseas companies that want toraise capital and list in a liquid […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in Hong Kong 2017

The purpose of this publication is to provide foreign investors witha general understanding of Common Reporting Standard (CRS)in Hong Kong (HKSAR). It is not written as a comprehensiveguide, but rather it is designed to provide information on materialissues that foreign Individual or Entity should consider whendoing business and investing in Hong Kong. This publication has […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 11, 2018August 28, 2020

Company Establishment in China Wholly Foreigner Owned Enterprises

China has traditionally had very good trade and investmentrelations with many regions of the world, and the world continuesto take a great interest in China’s economy. The investment conditions for foreign firms in China are excellent,and there is a large potential that remains to be tapped. TheChina economy is the driving force in the Asia. […]

ChinaTax (Accountants)June 6, 2018August 28, 2020

Doing Business and Investing in Asia through Hong Kong Company

Hong Kong is within a four-hour radius by airto most other major Asian cities and morethan a quarter of the entire global population,making it an ideal location for regionalheadquarters. With 7.84 million overnightvisitor from Mainland China in the first half of2013 alone, opening an office in Hong Kongprovides the ideal “shop-front” for Chinesecustomers/clients. Hong Kong […]

Washington DCTax (Accountants)June 6, 2018August 28, 2020

Brickett Consulting joins IR as the exclusive Tax (Accountants) Member in US – Washington DC

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Patty Brickett of Brickett Consulting. Patty has joined IR as our exclusive Tax (Accountants) Member in US – Washington DC With 30 years of international tax compliance and consulting experience working for the country’s largest public accounting firms, including five years living […]

Richard AshbyPartner, Gilligan Sheppard

Patty BrickettPartner, Brickett Consulting