The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the Finance & Taxation Workshop at Agfa (Wuxi) Imaging Co Ltd on Wed 18th April, starting at 14:00.
China’s State Council has announced conducting a pilot program for the services industry in Shanghai to replace business tax with VAT, effective from 1 January 2012.Although the current reform is confined to Shanghai, it would have great implications for enterprises outside Shanghai.
In this seminar, we firstly would like to analysis the major tax rules and tax cases to have an outlook on the development trends in 2012, especially on tax management for non-residents companies. And follow up with the main contents of the reform and the actual implementation situations so far in Shanghai.
Also, we would discuss the tax implications for service providers and customers outside Shanghai who do business with Shanghai enterprises under this pilot scheme and the future trends.
Guest speakers from Deloitte, Ms. Liang Jie ( liangjie_cv) International Tax Partner and Ms. Gao Liqun ( gaoliqun_cv) Indirect Tax Partner, will be explaining the developments and answering any queries you might have.
Agenda
13:30 - 14:00 --- Registration
14:00 - 15:30 --- Presentation by Ms. Liang Jie, Tax Partner, Deloitte
Part 1 ：Always One Step Ahead - An outlook on the development trends in 2012 and beyond via the lenses of the major tax rules and tax cases in 2011
Part 2 ：Reality check on tax risk management for non-residents
15:30 - 15:45 --- Coffee break
15:45 - 17:00 --- Presentation by Ms. Gao Liqun, Indirect Tax Partner, Deloitte
Part 3 ：Overview of the China VAT reform Shanghai pilot and anticipate the evolution of the national VAT reform
17:00 - 17:30 --- Q&A and Summary
Please register your attendance by emailing Ms. Angela Fang at nanjing@europeanchamber.com.cn by 16th April, 2012