Practical considerations for Chinese withholding tax on cross-border service transactions

March 25 2015

The potential Chinese tax implications of the provision of cross-border services into China are as numerous as they are confusing. Scott Heidecke and Flora Luo of Nexia International member firm Nexia TS (Shanghai) discuss some of the practical considerations.

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