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Government Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises in the COVID-19 Recovery Period - ECOVIS International

Government Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises in the COVID-19 Recovery Period

Ecovis in Shanghai The Chinese Government has implemented various measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the Coronavirus pandemic, including tax, social security, financial, scientific and technological support. The main preferential policies available to SMEs are outlined below....
India Announces Package for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises During COVID-19 - ECOVIS International

India Announces Package for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises During COVID-19

The Indian Government has announced a package of US$2680 billion—20 lakh crore rupees, which equates to approximately 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—for the country's struggling economy due to the Coronavirus epidemic. The relief was announced for various sectors, one...
Malaysia becomes the second country to implement Digital Service TAX in Southeast Asia - ECOVIS International

Malaysia becomes the second country to implement Digital Service TAX in Southeast Asia

In 2015, Malaysia joined the ranks of 160 countries around the globe who had implemented a Goods and Services Tax (GST) / Value Added Tax (VAT). Seventeen months later, Malaysia was the first country to revert to Sales and Services...
COVID-19: Support for small and medium enterprises in Singapore - ECOVIS International

COVID-19: Support for small and medium enterprises in Singapore

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the Singapore Government has announced various support schemes in the 2020 Budget to assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through this crisis. This comprises the ‘Unity Budget’ announced on 18 February 2020,...
Can India Influence Post-Covid-19 World Order? – Current Opportunities In India - ECOVIS International

Can India Influence Post-Covid-19 World Order? – Current Opportunities In India

Ecovis in Mumbai “Tat Tvam Asi”  (meaning Thou art that, That thou art, That art thou, You are that, or That you are) is the powerful message in Hinduism of peaceful co-existence, a message which challenged the entire world in the...
Hong Kong Economic Update: Will the National Security Law help or hinder foreign investment? - ECOVIS International

Hong Kong Economic Update: Will the National Security Law help or hinder foreign investment?

Ecovis in Hong Kong After one year of pro-democracy protest activities in Hong Kong, the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China seems to have run out of patience with Hong Kong protesters. The Chinese Government surprisingly introduced the...
Australian Economic Update: Economic Downturn and Government Response - ECOVIS International

Australian Economic Update: Economic Downturn and Government Response

Ecovis in Sydney It seems a lifetime ago since Ecovis delegates from around the globe gathered together in Sydney for the annual International Partners’ Meeting, held in November 2019. Over Christmas and into the new year, large parts of Australia...
Thailand: Land of opportunities investment & incentive 2020 - ECOVIS International

Thailand: Land of opportunities investment & incentive 2020

Reproduced with permission for Ecovis A. A. C., Thailand, by Chayoot Sripian, Economist, Federation of Thai Industries. Stepping into the year 2020 began as the most challenging throughout the world, due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the...
Foreign Investment: Property Acquisition, Rules & Regulations - ECOVIS International

Foreign Investment: Property Acquisition, Rules & Regulations

Speculation in and around the future of the Australian property market remains rife within this country. The increasingly expensive (relative to average earnings) property market is also an electoral issue, with some pressure now being exerted on politicians to restrict...
Korea: Tax Update - ECOVIS International

Korea: Tax Update

Korea Ranked 5th in the World Bank's Business Environment Assessment. In 2019, Korea ranked fifth among 190 countries in the World Bank's business environment assessment. This is the third best business environment among countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
The Chinese Corporate Social Credit System and its Impact on your Chinese Business - ECOVIS International

The Chinese Corporate Social Credit System and its Impact on your Chinese Business

With the consequences of the Coronavirus being the more urgent problem for businesses in China to tackle right now, the newly implemented Corporate Social Credit System has lost some attention. But new regulations, implementation rules and rating standards are being...
China and the coronavirus – But what comes next for the businesses? - ECOVIS International

China and the coronavirus – But what comes next for the businesses?

If you are in any ways doing business with or related to China – either it is through an agent, with your own legal entity or being employed in Mainland China – you will find significant measures taken by the...