Taxes: China steps up scrutiny of overseas income
Taxpayers are increasingly being asked by various local tax authorities to declare their foreign income in their Chinese tax returns.
By Ning Wang
Taxpayers are increasingly being asked by various local tax authorities to declare their foreign income in their Chinese tax returns.
By Ning Wang
Chinese media have reported widely on the conviction of South Korea’s former president Yoon. The focus has been on allegations of a “criminal insurrection.”
By Leonardo Pape
Chinese exiles and representatives of minority groups are addressing open letters to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Ahead of his China trip, they are calling for an “end to the intimidation and threatening of people in Germany.”
By Marcel Grzanna
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a tightrope walk on his China trip. Climate cooperation with China remains important – yet business representatives are calling for a strong “made in Europe” approach, including in green-tech industries.
By Nico Beckert
Ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip to China, the industry associations VDMA and VDA are appealing for fair competitive conditions. The mechanical and plant engineering sector is urging China to cut subsidies and “finally remove zombie companies from the market.”
By Leonardo Pape
MERICS director Huotari argues that Merz should use his China trip to establish the basis for a “new normal” in relations with the People’s Republic. The diverging interests of Germany as an industrial location and of German companies in China are a problem.
By Julia Fiedler
A new expert opinion considers the BMWE draft law for the so-called grid package to be contrary to European law. The opinion says it violates EU directives and is not based on objective threshold values.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Federal Network Agency want to change the rules on grid connections and charges. The proposals create considerable uncertainty for investors. The ministry and the agency need to make improvements.
By Maximilian Uibeleisen
Plug-in hybrids consume just as much as combustion engines when in use. A new study by the Fraunhofer Institute shows that German manufacturers perform particularly poorly.
By Kai Schöneberg
In their first joint appeal, the climate councils of the federal states see the use of the funds as a “historic opportunity” to dovetail sustainability, climate protection and services of general interest.
By Kai Schöneberg