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Der große Steuervergleich für Asien
- December 2012
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In einem zunehmend vernetzten Asien blicken viele ausländische Investoren über China hinaus und nutzen ihre Erfahrungen in China, um das Investitionsumfeld in Ländern wie Indien und Vietnam zu verstehen.
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What is the stance of foreigner participation in social insurance in China?
- October 2012
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Cities, including Shenzhen, Beijing, Xiamen and others, have implemented local implementing rules requiring foreign employees to enroll in the social insurance scheme and contribute to some (if not all) of the insurances, while others have yet to imp...
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What are the advantages of outsourcing payroll processing in China?
- October 2012
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The benefits of outsourcing payroll services may include: Greater transparency; Increased processing efficiency and accuracy; Increased confidentiality; Full compliance with all laws and regulations; Guaranteed continuity of service provision;...
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What are the employer?s obligations to pay for mandatory benefits in China?
- October 2012
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In the monthly payroll process, employers are required to pay company contributions for all of their employees, as well as divert employees’ individual contributions from their paychecks to the Social Insurance Bureau. Based on central governme...
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How do human resources agencies lack in transparency of payroll processes hurt f...
- October 2012
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Representative offices must recruit their Chinese employees through an agent (normally, a foreign enterprise services company), and such agents can also be quite useful for other foreign-invested entities on occasion. FESCOS generally have their own ...
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How are social insurance inspections carried out in China?
- October 2012
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Social insurance inspections—and the penalties for being found out of compliance—are one major reason to ensure full accuracy in mandatory benefit contributions. Social insurance audit/inspection practices vary by city. In Shanghai, for e...
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How many different mandatory benefit types are there under Chinese law?
- October 2012
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The different types of mandatory benefit can be categorised as follows: Medical Unemployment Housing Fund* (Foreigners are not required to pay housing fund depending on the city), Work-Related Injury Pension Maternity
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What is a foreign enterprise services company in China?
- October 2012
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Many foreign-invested companies and representative offices in China have a contract in place with a foreign enterprise services company (FESCO) for labor dispatch, payroll and/or additional services for Chinese Employees.
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What is 'hukou'?
- October 2012
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A hukou stipulates an employee’s home city/country and can either be a rural hukou or an urban hukou, with the social insurance system applying only the latter.
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What does the Labor Contract Law stipulate about workers dispatched from foreign...
- October 2012
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In the past, this directive has often been ignored and foreign enterprise services companies have been used to hire a wide variety of Chinese workers upon the client’s request. However, recent draft legislation regarding the obligation of emplo...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of foreign enterprise services compani...
- October 2012
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The advantages of using foreign enterprise services companies are: lower risk than direct hiring hiring assistance during process of incorporation mandatory benefit payments in other cities The disadvantages thereof are: conflict of intere...
BIT
Bilateral Investment Treaty between Canada and China
- September 2012
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Bilateral Investment Treaty between Canada and China
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