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April 2025 - Q&A and Impact Analysis of the New "Value-Added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China"

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On 25 December 2024, the Standing Committee of PRC National People’s Congress passed the PRC Law on VAT (“the Law”). For the first time, VAT legislation is being enacted in the form of Law in China since its formal introduction in 1994. The new VAT Law shall be effective from 1 December 2026.

The Law merely provides a high-level framework. As such, it is widely expected that PRC authorities supplement it with further tax circulars to provide more detailed guidance.

The purpose of this article is to highlight the major changes introduced by the new Law and discuss the possible implications for taxpayers in a Q&A format.

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Individual Income Tax Reform – The “Six-Year" Rule

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The new IIT laws replaces the old "five-year" lookback period rule with a "six-year" rule to adapt to the new definition of resident that uses the 183-day test.

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January 2022 - China extends transitional period for some preferential Individual Income Tax treatments

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On 31 December 2021, the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) and State Taxation Administration (“STA”) released two announcements (i.e.,
MOF STA Announcement [2021] No.42 and No.43) officially extending some preferential Individual Income Tax (“IIT”) policies

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“聚焦粤港澳大湾区政策” 主题系列之一 —— 深圳前海:税收优惠政策延续及前海合作区扩容

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粤港澳大湾区由香港、澳门2个特别行政区和广东省珠三角9市(广州、深圳、珠海、佛山、中山、东莞、肇庆、江门、惠州)组成,涉及到三个关税区、三种货币、三种法律制度。粤港澳三地,是我国开放程度最高、经济活力最强的区域之一。

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“聚焦粤港澳大湾区政策”主题系列之二 —— 珠海横琴:横琴粤澳深度合作区建设

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粤港澳大湾区由香港、澳门2个特别行政区和广东省珠三角9市(广州、深圳、珠海、佛山、中山、东莞、肇庆、江门、惠州)组成,涉及到三个关税区、三种货币、三种法律制度。粤港澳三地,是我国开放程度最高、经济活力最强的区域之一。

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March 2021 - The OECD’s updated position on permanent establishment and residency due to COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for over one year now. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) has been following the pandemic closely, issuing guidance on the temporary change of work location because of travel restriction giving rise to the creation of permanent establishment (“PE”) or change in residence status of corporations, and guidance on transfer pricing.

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September 2020 - China addresses permanent establishment and residency issues due to COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the normal operation of multinational enterprises to different extents. The OECD had issued an analysis called “OECD Secretariat Analysis of Tax Treaties and the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis” on 3 April 2020. Mazars analyzed the OECD Analysis on its China Tax Newsletter in April 2020.

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Chinese Human Resources and Social Security Regulations

Chinese government have issued various regulations in regard of Human resources(HR) and Social security(SC) to support enterprises in difficult period. We’d like to share with you the latest announcement which may benefit your company. Kindly note these are latest notices announced, it may be revised or cancelled by the government in such situation.

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