International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, March 15, 2012
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
investment,
China,
cross-border,
Nick Farr,
financing,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
foreign investment,
intermediary,
holding companies,
structures,
Singapore,
CFC,
WHT,
withholding tax,
financing company partial exemption,
HK,
FCPE,
substance,
restructuring,
intermediate
If setting up or investing into China from the UK, a Hong Kong or Singapore intermediate holding company offers a popular way to structure investments. But recent changes in China’s legal and regulatory framework are making foreign direct investment and/or restructuring more tax-efficient in certain cases.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
China ,
Interviews
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
China,
UK,
insight,
compliance,
interview,
audit,
staff,
companies,
IPO,
Meet our experts,
profile,
financial reporting,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
Q&A,
Andy Ka
“The number one issue concerning businesses in China and UK working with each other is culture,” says Andy Ka, a British-born Chinese who has worked in both the UK and China. In our latest interview, we go behind the scenes of Andy’s work with Grant Thornton’s China Britain Services Group and find out what is hot on his clients’ agenda right now.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China
| Tags: China,
UK,
infrastructure,
trade,
regulation,
Nick Farr,
London,
financing,
Chinese,
banks,
renminbi,
caps,
deregulation,
Infrastructure Summit,
subsidiaries
As Chinese banks gain a foothold in the City, this is creating opportunities for financing UK infrastructure and regeneration projects, says Nick Farr, Head of Grant Thornton’s China Britain Services Group.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
China,
remuneration,
Chinese,
national insurance,
working abroad,
social security,
secondment,
foreign nationals
The new Chinese social security rules mean that employers seconding staff to China may also have to budget for social security contributions and adapt remuneration packages for foreign nationals accordingly.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
investment,
China,
due diligence,
technology,
intellectual property,
Nick Farr,
financing,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
foreign investment,
intermediary,
holding companies,
IP,
structures,
entity,
expats,
Singapore,
WFOE,
FIE,
employees,
staffing,
business monitoring
The continuing increase in foreign direct investment in China has led to significant improvements in the country’s legal and regulatory framework. We outline eight key considerations for those wanting to invest – successfully – in the world’s leading recipient of foreign capital.
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