Beijing Business Daily (Reporter Fang Binnan Ran Lili) On December 6, a tax treaty seminar with the theme of "'Tax Road' Escorts the Last Kilometer, and the Agreement Helps Enterprises Enter Africa" was held in Beijing. The seminar is mainly aimed at enterprises investing in Africa, through a detailed explanation of the content of the tax treaty, to enhance the understanding and attention of "going out" enterprises to the tax treaty, and to provide support for cross-border taxpayers to improve the certainty of investment and operation.
Zhou Huaishi, Deputy Director General of the International Taxation Department of the State Administration of Taxation, said that since the launch of the "Tax Road" service brand, the tax department has adhered to the guidance of taxpayers' needs and continuously innovated measures to provide cross-border taxpayers with more high-quality, efficient and convenient international tax services. The launch of this seminar is a specific action to help enterprises "go global" through cross-border investment "policy pass" in accordance with the brand positioning of "tax road pass".
Under the unified deployment of the State Administration of Taxation, local tax departments have launched a series of service measures around the "Tax Road". Liu Hao, chief economist of the Beijing Municipal Taxation Bureau, introduced that the Beijing tax department has launched the "Tax Road" Beijing service package, which will help taxpayers eliminate double taxation and reduce cross-border investment risks.
At the seminar, the relevant responsible comrades of the International Taxation Department of the State Administration of Taxation explained the role of tax treaties, the content of the main provisions and the specific application requirements, combined with the two newly signed tax treaties recently, focusing on the negotiation and signing of tax treaties between China and African countries in the past 10 years, and summarized the common tax-related risks of "going out" enterprises based on actual cases, and put forward suggestions on the compliance of enterprises and the use of tax treaties to resolve cross-border tax-related disputes.
According to reports, with the recent signing of bilateral tax treaties between China and Cameroon and Senegal, China's tax treaty network has covered 114 countries (regions), basically covering the main destinations of China's foreign investment. As an important legal basis for international tax administration, tax treaties help eliminate double taxation faced by taxpayers with cross-border operations, improve tax certainty, promote tax-related dispute resolution, and play an important role in promoting cross-border **, technology, capital and personnel exchanges.
Representatives of participating enterprises said that the seminar was very practical and deepened their understanding of tax treaties, and they will make full use of tax treaties to protect their legitimate rights and interests in the face of cross-border tax-related disputes in the future.
The seminar was hosted by the International Taxation Department of the State Administration of Taxation and the Tax Publicity Center, undertaken by the Beijing Municipal Taxation Bureau, co-organized by the Beijing Chaoyang District Taxation Bureau, and attended by representatives of 27 Chinese-funded enterprises investing or operating in Africa.