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How to prevent VAT compliance risks of asset management products
Following the promulgation of the Circular on National Implementation of the Pilot Program of Levying Value-added Tax in lieu of Business Tax (the [2016] No. 36 Circular) that included the financial industry into the pilot program, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation released the Circular on Clarifying Value-added Tax Policies for Financial, Property Development, Education and Auxiliary Services Sectors (the [2016] No. 140 Circular) on 21 December 2016, the Supplementary Circular on Issues Concerning Value-added Tax Policies for Asset Management Products (the [2017] No. 2 Circular) on 10 January 2017 and the Circular on Issues Concerning Value-added Tax on Asset Management Products (the [2017] No. 56 Circular) on 30 June 2017, marking formation of a value-added tax (VAT) framework for asset management products (AMPs). In order to apply VAT policies for AMPs properly and prevent VAT compliance risks, asset managers should keep the following issues top of mind:
201801-29
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Enterprise big data strategy and compliance
There is no time at which an enterprise is not required to access and use big data in its product research and development, precision marketing, customer service, order processing and production management. Big data is one of the core strategies of modern enterprises. The implementation of a big data strategy signifies that an enterprise must become a collector, processor and applier of data, but what runs in parallel to a big data strategy is information security and protection. Data collection, processing and application all touch upon the issue of compliance.
201712-12
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Analysis of the VIE model from a legal perspective
The term “VIE (variable interest entity) model”, often referred to as the “agreement control model” in China, in offshore listings means that a listed entity registered abroad is separate from a domestic business operating entity but the domestic business entity is controlled by the offshore listed entity by way of agreements. The business entity is the VIE of the listed entity.
201711-16
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Compliance review of FI contracts with governments
In its efforts to attract foreign investment, the government often undertakes to provide the investor with preferential tax, fiscal or land treatment in exchange for undertakings relating to place of incorporation, business scope, investment scale, tax amount, output, financial performance, etc. These undertakings are then reflected as rights and obligations in the foreign investment contract concluded between the government or its authorized agency as one party and the investor as the other. It is therefore important for the government to perform compliance review on foreign investment contracts to which it is a party. This article provides an overview of the areas on which the government should focus when reviewing such contracts.
201710-17
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Precautions against loss of state-owned assets
Mixed ownership reform (MOR) of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has been a key concern among the political and business communities. This article looks at prevention of loss of state-owned assets in the process of MOR.
201708-30
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The First Official Shot from Chinese Court against an Anti-suit Injunction
201707-27
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Gauging impact of US FATCA on corporate compliance practice
Found at the heart of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) are the information reporting and tax withholding systems, that is to say they require foreign financial institutions to report to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information on the foreign accounts of US taxpayers or information on the financial accounts of foreign entities that have substantial US owners. Foreign financial institutions that fail to comply with their information reporting obligations will be assessed 30% withholding tax on certain income (stock dividends, interest, insurance premiums, etc.) sourced from the US.
201706-30
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Domestic A-share listing by for-profit educational institutions
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) amended the Education Law on 27 December 2015, revising the provision reading “no organization or individual may establish a school or other educational institution with the aim of making a profit” to “a school or other educational institution that is founded with, or the founding of which is participated in with, fiscal funds or donated assets may not be established as a for-profit organization”.
201705-26
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Shanghai new property rule: more than just attempts to contain property prices
201705-22
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Public welfare sponsorship or commercial bribery?
It has been common in recent years that drugs and medical device companies sponsor professionals to participate in medical science conferences. However, such companies, whose primary goal is to maximize profits, should consider legal issues, such as the differences or boundaries between sponsorship and commercial bribery, as well as the resulting legal risks, when they voluntarily sponsor medical staff to take part in non-profit registered academic conferences on medical science.
201704-27