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Transfer Pricing in China

Concepts, Controls, Practices, and Audit Assessment

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Addresses contemporary transfer pricing in China
  • Elaborates on the concept of transfer pricing, and the methods used for testing compliance requirements of the regulations
  • Presents variable terms and conditions for different industries which exist in China
  • Provides research into factors which draw the attention of authorities to a company’s transfer pricing policy
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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Concepts and Controls

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Contextual Considerations

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 3-6
    3. The Concept of Transfer Pricing

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 7-13
    4. Chinese Business Models

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 29-37
    5. Transfer Pricing Methods

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 39-46
    6. Company Preparation

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 47-64
    7. Policy Development on Transfer Pricing

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 65-72
    8. International Tax Risks and Chinese Enterprises

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 73-76
  3. Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Using the Profit Split Method for Intangible Assets

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 79-81
    3. Unfair Cost Sharing

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 83-86
    4. An Issue for a High-Technology Company

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 87-91
    5. Falling Transactions with Rising Fees

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 93-97
    6. Tax Haven Victim

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 99-103
    7. Exports on the Cheap

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 105-106
    8. System Design for a Pharmaceutical Company

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 107-112
    9. Expansion into Asia

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 113-114
    10. A Company Converting to Realism

      • Jian Li, Alan Paisey
      Pages 115-119

About this book

This book offers up to date insights into the exciting world of China’s extensive economic activity through the pervasive and often secretive practice of transfer pricing. It begins with an explanation of transfer pricing itself and goes on to explore how intricately it can infiltrate the trading practices of the commercial lives of both foreign companies in China and Chinese companies expanding to other countries. A review of the main industries in China also considers their possible future uncertainties. 


China has joined other authorities in actively legislating and organizing a regime to implement its arm’s length policy, as related in Part I of the book on concepts and controls. This is then followed by Part 2 which is devoted to a collection of cases showing the breadth and variability of companies actively seeking to maximise their profits, while Part 3 of the book gives a rare record of the order of priorities exercised by one hundred Chinese tax officers engaged in auditing company performance. The book ends with a summary of the future trends, and activities that regulatory authorities are likely to undertake. 





Authors and Affiliations

  • Kunda Tax Consulting (Shanghai) Limited, Shanghai, China

    Jian Li

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

    Alan Paisey

About the authors

Jian Li is a senior partner of Kunda China, a transfer pricing boutique consulting firm in China. As a well-known Chinese transfer pricing expert, he has provided transfer pricing design, documentation and dispute resolution services to multinationals for over fifteen years.


Alan Paisey was formerly head of administrative studies at Bulmershe College, University of Reading, UK. In addition to writing non-fiction books, including three on Transfer Pricing with Jian Li,  Educational Management, Military History and Biographies, he has now published three novels, A Bond to Serve, A Rum Affair, and Lyndsey.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transfer Pricing in China

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, Controls, Practices, and Audit Assessment

  • Authors: Jian Li, Alan Paisey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7689-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7688-7Published: 17 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7691-7Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7689-4Published: 30 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 193

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business Law, Common Company Law, Asian Business, Asian Economics

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eBook USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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