Author: Horizons

China tax alert: revised Individual Income Tax promulgated

Summary On 31 August 2018, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the revised Individual Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China (IIT Law). A revision of the IIT Law, last revised in 2011, was highlighted by the Ministry of Finance during the third session of the Thirteenth National People’s Republic…

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Horizons partners with top employment services and talent acquisition provider SGET

On August 29 in Shanghai, HORIZONS | CHINA (Horizons) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Global Expertise and Talents Co., Ltd (SGET). The agreement calls for SGET to provide Horizons with human resources services worldwide that allow Horizons to help clients fulfil their talent acquisition needs, further extending the firm’s value chain of comprehensive…

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Chinese court in Guangdong allows the use of WeChat and other social media records

In July 2018, the People’s Republic of China Nansha Court of Guangdong Free Trade Zone in Guangdong province issued the Internet Electronic Data Evidence Proof and Certification Procedures. The procedures allow records from social media communication to be submitted to the Nansha Court without notarisation. The procedures fall in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law…

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