Asia Tax Bulletin - Spring 2016

Here is the Spring edition of our quarterly Asia Tax Bulletin. It features important developments in Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and India.

Let me highlight just a few of the items contained in this edition. In China, real property investors and financial institutions should note that the business tax will be withdrawn and fully replaced by the VAT by June, and special rules have been issued for B2C ecommerce transactions. Hong Kong, India and Singapore issued their government's budgets with various tax changes. Singapore has extended the tax exemption on qualifying gains on the sale of shares by a Singapore company, and various tax incentives have also been refined.

Hong Kong is proposing to relax the rules to claim tax deductions for purchases of IP rights. India issued guidance on the tax position of carrying out EPC/turnkey contracts in the country. Korea announced that country-by-country reporting will commence in 2017.

We hope you will find this bulletin useful and as always, we look forward to receiving your feedback if there are things we can improve on. Do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of assistance with any tax or legal matters in Asia.

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Originally published Spring 2016

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