Features

While global FDI levels sag and China ODI falls, Chinese investment in BRI jurisdictions continues to grow. However, a range of tax challenges face Chinese MNEs in BRI countries and other locations, write Michael Wong and Joseph Tam.

In 2018, Hong Kong SAR enacted TP legislation, a significant step in aligning its tax rules with international standards. Karmen Yeung, Irene Lee and Tanya Trantallis set out the key features of the rules.

Intensive work at an international level to erect a new architecture for international tax rules by 2020 will have deep implications for businesses. Conrad Turley and Sunny Leung explore what this might mean for China’s burgeoning digital economy.

The past year has seen a further evolution in China’s tax treaties, in particular in integrating impactful BEPS permanent establishment (PE) changes. The maturity of work on global tax reforms hints at more profound changes ahead, write Chris Xing and Conrad Turley.

The world will see VAT further increase in importance as a revenue raiser for countries and there will be ongoing change to its scope and mode of operation. Lachlan Wolfers makes predictions for the coming years.

As policymakers in China and elsewhere inch towards a new global tax framework to deal with the challenges of digitalisation, many domestic tax law and administration issues are yet to be resolved for China’s digital economy. Sunny Leung and Conrad Turley take a look.