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Taxpayers should make sure they are compliant with rules on equity-based incentive plans and frequent business travellers as the individual income system moves towards comprehensive reform, explain Michelle Zhou, Chris Ho and Barbara Forrest of KPMG China.

As noted in last year's edition of China – Looking Ahead, the Third Plenum of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress in November 2013 gave key priority to fiscal and tax reforms, which were raised to the prominent status of a 'national governance' issue for policy-making purposes. The subsequent Communiqué and Decision by the Central Committee of the CCP on "Deepening of Key Reforms" set principles and targets for tax reform, budget management, and the realignment of central versus local government revenue and obligations, with far reaching restructuring and modernisation of China's fiscal administrative system being pursued on an aggressive timeline.

Ayesha Lau, Darren Bowdern, Justin Pearce and Michael Olesnicky of KPMG China explain how the Hong Kong government has changed tax rules in areas such as captive insurance and expense deductibility for payments to overseas companies to maintain its position as an attractive international financial centre in the Asia Pacific region.

China's tax regime is changing fast as it seeks to create a world-class system.

The Liechtenstein private foundation (Private Stiftung) is still a well-known instrument for private estate planning in Liechtenstein, especially for foreign investors. After recent legislative changes in Liechtenstein, a foundation may adopt the form of an alternative investment fund (AIF) and therefore access fund taxation rules in Liechtenstein and abroad. This new compound of a corporate, regulatory and tax hybrid vehicle also offers interesting opportunities for setting up a financial holding company without operative functions.

Modernisation, the ability for foreign entities to register for VAT and consolidation / grouping rules are just some of the things on the wish-list of Lachlan Wolfers, Shirley Shen, John Wang and Karmen Yeung, of KPMG China, as the VAT reforms continue to take shape.

Delivering his Autumn Statement today, George Osborne announced new anti-avoidance measures for international businesses – including a 25% diverted profits tax – and repeated his statement that the UK is host to an environment of “low taxes, but taxes that will be paid”.

China will announce VAT policies for some financial services in early 2015 as part of its sweeping VAT reforms which started in 2012, the Ministry of Finance has announced.

Blake Marshall, a leading specialist on Russia and Eurasia, has joined the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) in Washington as a vice president.

The general rule is to recognise deferred tax liabilities for all taxable temporary differences, except to the extent that they are within the scope of the IRE mentioned in IAS-12.