International and Emerging Markets Blog
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
M&A,
survey,
IBR,
mergers,
acquisitions,
International business report,
cross-border,
mergers and acquisitions,
Cross border M&A,
optimism
Dynamic businesses seeking growth have retained their appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2012 despite the ongoing economic challenges, according to our latest global survey of 12,000 business leaders in 40 economies.
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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 28, 2012
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: China,
compliance,
VAT,
cross-border,
subsidiary,
regulation,
Nick Farr,
goods,
services,
double taxation,
business tax,
reform,
Shanghai,
pilot,
consultancy,
changes,
indirect tax,
input VAT
A new VAT pilot scheme in Shanghai is bringing both benefits and confusion to UK companies supplying services – such as consultancy, IT and R&D services – to and from Shanghai. With this pilot system set to be rolled out across the rest of China, what do UK businesses trading in China need to do to remain compliant and tax-efficient?
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
| Posted by: Graham Brearley
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: international,
VAT,
Graham Brearley,
cross-border,
Europe,
EU,
goods,
suppliers,
export,
import,
origin,
green paper,
rates,
system,
destination
The decades-old VAT system for traders operating within Europe is complex, open to fraud and in desperate need of an overhaul in the modern global economy. A new European Commission green paper is consulting with business but can the EU navigate through the political nightmare to adopt a system of VAT rates that is simple and fair?
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India
| Tags: M&A,
due diligence,
corporate finance,
cross-border,
Story of the Deal,
buying a business,
subsidiary,
buyout,
acquisition,
Elder Pharmaceuticals,
NeutraHealth
What happens when a fast-expanding firm from India seeks the buyout of a UK plc? The second of our case studies lifts the veil on a cross-border acquisition and takes us to India, Dubai and on to the intricate landscape of UK regulation. Our
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