Setting Up Representative Offices in China

ISBN-13: 9783642160707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 44 str.

Chris Devonshire-Ellis; Andy Scott; Sam Woollard

Opis

This practical guide provides an overview of the rules, regulations and management issues involved with establishing representative offices in China. The text presents the implications of what can initially appear to be a complicated and contradictory subject.

Spis treści

Establishing Representative Offices.- Application Procedures and Government Departments involved.- Using Serviced Offices as a base.- Staffing the Office ?Hiring & Firing.- Tax & Administration Requirements.- Audit & Compliance matters.- Intellectual Property Right.- Upgrading or Moving Your Representative Office.- Closure Procedures.

O autorze

Dezan Shira & Associates is a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing business advisory, tax, accounting, payroll and due diligence services to multinationals investing in China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. Established in 1992, the firm is a leading regional practice in Asia with seventeen offices in four jurisdictions, employing over 170 business advisory and tax professionals.

Dezan Shira & Associates provides a combination of business advisory and accounting services to our clients, giving them the ability to acquire professional knowledge in the local legal regulatory environment in each country as well as the tax and financial implications of doing so.

We also provide useful business information through our media and publishing house, Asia Briefing.

Blurb

Do you want to do business in China? If you are already in this vast country and want to know more, or if you have never tried your hand at this fascinating market, then this book is for you. This Guide is a practical overview for the international businessman to understand the rules, regulations and management issues regarding establishing Representative Offices in China. We will help you to understand the implications of what can initially appear be a complicated and contradictory subject. This book tells you the basics of what you need to know, and point you at the structures you should use as well as some of the pitfalls. This book is the first in a new series of books on doing business in China, which will progressively cover such topics as setting up wholly foreign-owned enterprises, setting up joint ventures, tax, IP and many other vital issues for foreign investors in this exciting market.