Doing business in...Country Q&A tool

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Status: Published on 01-Mar-2013

Jurisdictions: Alabama, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Michigan, Moldova, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Turkey, USA, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam

This tool enables subscribers to search the Country Q&A in the Doing Business In... multi jurisdictional guide by question and jurisdiction. Simply select the questions and the jurisdictions that you are interested in and click the "submit" button.

Please also note this project is currently being updated so the Q&A tool will not include all available jurisdictions in this subject area.

Please also note this project is currently being updated so the Q&A tool will not include all available jurisdictions in this subject area.

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Legal system

1. What is the legal system (civil law, common law or a mixture of both)?
 
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Foreign investment

2. Are there any restrictions on foreign investment (including authorisations required by central or local government)?
 
3. Are there any exchange control or currency regulations?
 
4. What grants or incentives are available to investors?
 
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Business vehicles

5. What is the most common form of business vehicle used by foreign companies in your jurisdiction and what are the main applicable formalities, rights, restrictions and liabilities?
 
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Employment

6. What are the main laws regulating employment relationships?
 
7. Is a written contract of employment required, and if so, must it contain any particular language? Are any agreements and/or implied terms likely to govern the employment relationship?
 
8. Do foreign employees require work permits and/or residency permits?
 
9. Are employees entitled to management representation and/or to be consulted in relation to corporate transactions (such as redundancies and disposals)?
 
10. How is the termination of individual employment contracts regulated?
 
11. Are redundancies and mass layoffs regulated?
 
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Tax

12. In relation to employees, what constitutes tax residency in your jurisdiction?
 
13. What income tax or social security contributions must be paid during the employment relationship?
 
14. What constitutes tax residency in relation to business vehicles
 
15. What are the main taxes that potentially apply to a tax resident business vehicle (including rates)?
 
16. How are the activities of non-tax resident business vehicles taxed?
 
17. How are the following taxed:

  • Dividends paid to foreign corporate shareholders?

  • Dividends received from foreign companies?

  • Interest paid to foreign corporate shareholders?

  • Intellectual property (IP) royalties paid to foreign corporate shareholders?

 
18. Are there any thin capitalisation rules (restrictions on loans from foreign affiliates)?
 
19. Must the profits of a foreign subsidiary be imputed to a parent company that is tax resident in your jurisdiction (controlled foreign company rules)?
 
20. Are there any transfer pricing rules?
 
21. How are imports and exports taxed?
 
22. Is there a wide network of double tax treaties?
 
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Competition

23. Are restrictive agreements and practices regulated by competition law?
 
24. Is unilateral (or single-firm) conduct regulated by competition law?
 
25. Are mergers and acquisitions subject to merger control?
 
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Intellectual property

26. What are the main IP rights capable of protection?
 
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Marketing agreements

27. Are marketing agreements regulated?
 
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E-commerce

28. Are there any laws regulating e-commerce (such as electronic signatures and distance selling)?
 

Data protection

29. Are there any data protection laws?
 

Product liability

30. Are there any laws regulating product liability and product safety?
 
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  • Resource ID: 7-501-3536
  • Published: 01-Mar-2013
  • Products:  Doing Business in...multi-jurisdictional guide, PLC China, PLC Cross-border, PLC UK Commercial, PLC UK Corporate, PLC UK Finance, PLC UK Law Department, PLC UK Public Sector, PLC US Commercial, PLC US Corporate & Securities, PLC US Labor & Employment, PLC US Law Department
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