Between a rock and a hard place

A new tax policy may force multinational companies to choose between taking a heavy tax hit and giving expat workers local employment contracts

13 minute readSeptember 04, 2009 at 12:58 AM
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Phil Taylor



Expats can be a valuable asset in China. Multinational companies often assign specialists or senior executives to the country for one or two years. During that secondment period, few companies localise the workers, preferring instead to keep them on home contracts and benefits packages.

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