By the end of the annual conference on March 15th 2019 China has voted for a new law that is supposed to bring an end to the disadvantages of foreign firms in China and aims for fair competition. The legislative regulations shall come into force on January 1st 2020. This Foreign Investment LAW (FIL) thus poses a legal foundation for investment- and business activities in China.

According to the new PRC law regarding the Individual Income Tax (IIT) and the implementation of its guidelines, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) together made public MOF/SAT bulletin (2019) No. 34 and No. 35, to set the following matters:

A WFOE has the following key organs:

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Companies with certain scales need to establish separate financial departments and hire full-time cashiers and accountants. But, is this the total solution of all requirements of the financial management? However, due to the strong requirements on the duties of a single cashier or accountant they usually have a lack of comprehensive understanding for the financial situation of the whole company. That's normal. An accountant or cashier is, of course, not a tax adviser in the same person, so it is quite normal that a company needs more information about the updated financial and tax regulations to avoid that they feel quite helpless in the face of tax or financial problems during the daily business operations.