Tax basics for FIEs
Tax specialists offer their insights for potential inbound investors on fundamental tax rules they need to be aware of
Issue: October 2011
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Llinks Law Offices
DLA Piper
As the owner of a European business, I’m thinking about establishing a more permanent presence in China. I’m not familiar with what tax incentives there are, as this may really assist in my decision to open up on the Mainland.
What are the basic tax privileges for foreign-invested enterprises?
The domestic perspective
Generally speaking, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) established after January 1 2008 are no longer granted super-national tax privileges, which reduce or exempt their income tax in China. Moreover, except in certain industries, FIEs established after January 1 2009 could no longer have their self-use imported equipment exempted from the import Value-added Tax (Vat). As a result, most super-national tax privileges that FIEs used to enjoy have either been excluded or cancelled by now.
As such, currently in mainland China, foreign investors may find that besides certain tax privileges for foreign individuals, they are subject to the same tax...
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