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  • The disparity between China’s rapidly developing and evolving digital economy and its largely traditional economy-based tax administration system is growing, and is creating challenges for both the tax authorities and taxpayers. Sunny Leung, Benjamin Lu, Jessie Zhang, and Grace Luo explore the issues.
  • As companies embark on overseas investment and projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), they are increasingly encount­ering tax issues in emerging and developing countries. Michael Wong, Joseph Tam, Alan O’Connor, Karen Lin, and Cloris Li look at key corporate tax issues they may face, and how the SAT is supporting Chinese companies to navigate through these overseas tax challenges.
  • Yang Bin, Rachel Guan, Josephine Jiang, and Henry Ngai examine the refinements being made to China’s innovation incentives, and their importance as a driver of continued Chinese economic growth.
  • The Year of the Rooster will soon give way to the Year of the Dog. China begins 2018 with the administration of President Xi Jinping entering its second term (2017 to 2022), following the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 2017. At the same time, China's 13th five-year plan (2016 to 2020) enters its core phase.
  • It's been a busy year for China's tax system, and more is still to come.
  • In 2018, multinational enterprises (MNEs) should in particular be on alert for the following anticipated China tax developments.
  • Lachlan Wolfers, Shirley Shen, John Wang, and Aileen Jiang consider the long-term trends in the global development of indirect taxation, with a particular focus on the role of technology, and the implications for China’s VAT system.
  • New data and technology-driven, risk-oriented, tax administration and enforcement approaches by the Chinese tax authorities are compelling taxpayers to up their game. Taxpayers are developing enhanced internal tax risk controls and IT, and engaging with the tax authorities in a collaborative manner. Tracy Zhang, Wei Fang, Anthony Chau, Lilly Li, discuss the latest trends and changes.
  • Ayesha Lau, Darren Bowdern, Michael Olesnicky, John Timpany and Curtis Ng discuss Hong Kong’s BEPS-related changes after the territory issued a consultation paper to codify and strengthen TP regulations, as well as joining the Multilateral Instrument (MLI). The Hong Kong government is also increasingly using tax policy to encourage economic development.
  • In 2017, the Taiwan government proposed imposing VAT on foreign enterprises providing e-commerce services to Taiwan individuals, expanding the Taiwan corporate income tax (CIT) nexus rule, and making personal income tax changes. It is also looking at abolishing and replacing the corporate-shareholder imputation tax system. Stephen Hsu, Hazel Chen, Ellen Ting and Betty Lee elaborate.