Working-level meeting with State Administration of Taxation, Local Taxation Bureau and Foreign Affairs Office of Zhongshan Muncipality
2014-05-09 | South China
On May 9th in Zhongshan Members of the European Chamber met with the State Administration of Taxation and Zhongshan Local Taxation Bureau. This meeting was facilitated by Zhongshan Foreign Affairs office and was arranged as a follow up of earlier meeting with Mr. Feng Yurong, Vice Mayor of Zhongshan Municipal Government based on members inquiries.
This working level meeting was an opportunity for an extensive Q&A session between meeting participants. Companies raised specific concerns related to corporate tax reduction for high technology industries and increasing rate of corporate income tax amongst others. Both State Administration of Taxation and Local Taxation Bureau shared their work priorities and focus area in this year.
At the conclusion of the meeting the Position Paper 2013/2014 was presented to State Administration of Taxation, Local Taxation Bureau and Foreign Affairs Office of Zhongshan Municipality. Rene Foster, member of the European Chamber presented the Position Paper 2013/2014 to Junfeng Zhang, Deputy Director-General of Zhongshan Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau. Reinhard Betschart, member of the European Chamber presented the Position Paper 2013/2014 to Peizhi Yuan, Deputy Director-General of Zhongshan National Taxation Bureau. Ingrid Qin, Co-Chair of Legal& Taxation Working Group, presented the Position Paper 2013/2014 to Zhenghong Zhang, Deputy Director-General of Zhongshan Local Taxation Bureau.