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CHINA | Risk Managing Export Tax Rebates

For exporters, export tax rebates such indirect taxes paid during the production and distribution process can be refunded.

Specifically, exporters are eligible for rebates on value-added tax (‘VAT’) and consumption tax (‘CT’) incurred during the production process. 

Often export rebate policies are adjusted according to the current economic circumstances to support and promote exports. For example, since March 2020 the following applies:

the VAT refund scope was increased to 1464 products,

with a 13% tax rebate rate for 1,084 items; and

a […]

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PRIMEVIEW | Roberto Gilardino Named the Most Influential Leaders

Roberto Gilardino Named the Most Influential Leaders : Serving Clients with Corporate Advisory Solutions

Meet Roberto Gilardino, the Regional Partner of Horizons Corporate Advisory is a unique advisory Firm with 30 operatives country law firms. The Firm provides international highly specialized legal and tax solutions that allow organizations to thrive in today’s complex transnational corporate environment.

Roberto oversees the organization’s transnational operations from the head office of Horizons situated at the heart of downtown Shanghai. The team’s […]

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CHINA | Hiring and Firing Temporary Employees

Hiring temporary employees can provide an affordable solution to manage workload fluctuations.

Specifically, if there are unexpected employee absences or special projects which requires specialists onboard or extra employees to balance out the workload.

At Horizons, we encounter European companies with Chinese subsidiaries who hire part-time personnel or utilise third-party employment agencies, without establishing the correct management. Often, the European headquarter have not been informed that the subsidiary has employed temporary staff and onboarding training wasn’t conducted.

In such circumstances, the […]

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