Asia Briefing’s Senior Editorial Team Meets in Sri Lanka

Asia Briefing’s senior editorial staff have been in conference in Sri Lanka discussing strategy and development for their various publications. A subsidiary of the professional firm Dezan Shira & Associates, Asia Briefing produces online content, magazines and guides on various topics that affect doing business in Asia.

 

These include:

The main portal and home of the overall bookstore for all published titles.

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Dealing with regulatory and tax updates throughout ASEAN. Includes a comprehensive library of ASEAN and individual member state Free Trade, Double Tax and Bilateral Investment Treaties.

Alexa Ranking: 519,881

 

Covering legal, tax and regulatory updates affecting foreign investors in China. One of the most consistent and longest running sources of English language professional intelligence on the country.

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Concentrates on foreign investor related legal, tax and regulatory intelligence for the country. Now one of our most popular Briefing websites.

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One of the few detailed sources about foreign investment laws, taxes and updates on regulatory data for Vietnam.

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These titles also produce a series of magazines. The latest issues of each are as follows:

 

HR Administration: Labor Contracts, Visas and Termination Procedures
In this issue of Asia Briefing, we set out to provide readers with a basic understanding of how to navigate the HR procedures of China, India and Vietnam. We begin by introducing the most common employment contract structures in each of these countries, as well as their laws for employment probation. We then take a look at the three’s increasingly complex procedures for obtaining work/business visas, and conclude with a special feature on how to legally terminate an employee across Asia.

Managing Your Accounting and Bookkeeping in China
In this issue of China Briefing, we discuss the difference between the International Financial Reporting Standards, and the accounting standards mandated by China’s Ministry of Finance. We also pay special attention to the role of foreign currency in accounting, both in remitting funds, and conversion. In an interview with Jenny Liao, Dezan Shira & Associates’ Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting Services in Shanghai, we outline some of the pros and cons of outsourcing one’s accounting function.

Managing Your Accounting and Bookkeeping in India
In this issue of India Briefing Magazine, we spotlight three issues that financial management teams for India should monitor. Firstly, we examine the new Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) system, which is expected to be a boon for foreign companies in India. We then highlight common filing dates for most companies with operations in India, and lastly examine procedures and regulations for remitting profits from India.

Developing Your Sourcing Strategy for Vietnam
In this issue of Vietnam Briefing we explore how Vietnam’s Free Trade Agreements – and especially those via its membership in ASEAN – will affect foreign investment into Vietnam. We also go a step further and examine the specific, bilateral Double Tax Agreements that Vietnam has enacted, and how these can be further used to minimize profits and withholding taxes that would otherwise be levied upon foreign investors.

 

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