HR & Payroll in China

With our streamlined service, you can optimize your HR and payroll in China. We cover compliance, employee registration, social security, and tax contributions.

Effectively managing your Human Resources and Payroll is essential for companies operating in multiple jurisdictions. Whether you are a local or global business in China, foreign entities are required to comply with strict regulations, register their employees with relevant authorities, and contribute to the Chinese social security system and individual income tax. This task becomes increasingly difficult while employing employees working across borders and are subject to various rules and regulations.

MS Advisory supports foreign companies facing HR and Payroll in China difficulties whether it is related to insurance, employment law, pensions, or benefits and ease the burden of routine administrative tasks while ensuring full compliance in your organization.

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Payroll in China, Individual Income Tax and Social Security

We offer a full range of payroll services in China to reduce time and costs for your organization, streamline your monthly operations and ensure compliance with Chinese regulations. Our integrated China payroll services include monthly payroll calculation including social security individual income tax registration, benefits planning, expat salary cost reimbursements and total cost overview preparation for management.

Global Mobility

Through our experience in supporting foreign companies and employees with China payroll services and tax questions about assignments in China, we understand the issues that matter to you and your employees. We provide advice on topics such as individual- and company tax compliance and optimization, tax equalization policies, social security implication, double taxation avoidance and totalization agreements, and many other China payroll subjects.

Immigration and Visa Applications

All non-Chinese nationals are required to have relevant documentation in order to work and stay in Mainland China. Our expert team supports throughout the entire process of visa application and immigration. We support with pre-application advice to ensure all relevant documents are accurate, process the application, maintain close communication with the immigration bureau and track the application process.

HR Management

We support our clients in China with monthly compliance services, as well as taxation advice and legal support with respect to their workforce. These includes support and advice with employment contracts, the employee handbook, hiring and termination support, and the structuring of employee benefits.

Learn more about labor contracts and the documents required for hiring employees in China

Documents for Employees in China

In order to hire employees in China employers must follow certain HR compliance matters....

PEO Employment – Dispatch Services

Our dispatch services provides a solution to enter the Chinese market without the immediate need to invest in- and establish a legal entity in China. Our China dispatch service includes easy onboarding and immediate availability of the required personnel on the ground. As your legal Professional Employer Organization (PEO) provider, we manage your payroll, insurance, benefits, risk mitigation, tax compliance and ongoing employee support while the client can focus on their day-to-day operations.

Find out more about FESCO services in China here:

FESCO Services in China

A FESCO (Foreign Enterprise Service Company) in China provides comprehensive employment solutions for foreign...

Testimonials

MSA has been our trusted advisor throughout the entire lifecycle of our China journey, enabling us to dispatch employees (EOR) to China while having no legal entity and the incorporation and operationalization of our Chinese subsidiary. After this, MSA continues to prove its value as an advisor in supporting not only Chinese accounting, taxation, and compliance requirements but also by advising on specific licensing requirements within the horticulture industry in China, such as those for trading in pesticides and other chemicals. With a profound understanding of our headquarters’ interests and a thorough understanding of local business practices in China, MSA has enabled us to balance the often-conflicting requirements for control and compliance with our ambitious China growth strategy.

Royal Brinkman

Vincent Van Der Wilk
Area Manager Asia & Africa at Royal Brinkman

For our fast-growing business, we need a reliable partner to handle all our payroll-related matters, which we found in MSA. They helped us streamline our internal processes by implementing and improving compliance processes from a legal perspective and in terms of our corporate policies. We fully trust in the confidentiality of our employees’ data, as they ensure secure data storage from internationally recognized providers. Whether on ad-hoc requests or long-term oriented recurring matters, we always receive a fast and complete response to our questions that help us achieve our compliance goals and overcome the challenges in payroll, IIT, and social security in China.

Genuine German

Damian Maib
Founder

MSA was our first choice when we were looking for a China-based accounting firm with a fundamental understanding of our Belgian background and the ability to connect two diverging business cultures. As our company operates with the corporate ERP system Oracle, we are delighted that MSA works through proprietary access directly in our system, ensuring the availability of our company figures in the format we are accustomed to. During our company’s setup procedure, they managed to organize particular steps without the personal presence of the company representatives (e.g., opening a bank account) by identifying alternative verification procedures. We appreciate that MSA always listens to our queries. They are very well connected both within China and internationally. In addition to our questions about our China business, we are glad to receive advice on questions about other international topics from their connections within their global network.

Hybrid Software

Joachim Van Hemelen
Chief Financial Officer

MSA has been an exceptional business partner for our company, whom have a thorough understanding of our internal processes and our ERP system. As a result, and combined with their expertise in finance and taxation, they have been able to support Feinmetall by training our finance- and administrative staff to ensure quality standards and compliance throughout all areas. Because of their availability on short notice, we can rely on MSA’s support at a moment’s notice if required. We further rely on MSA to follow our monthly business on site in China in terms of accounting, taxation, and general compliance. Ensuring full compliance with local regulations and transparency for our management team in Germany is essential and MSA is our trusted partner helping us achieve this.

Feinmetall

Patrik Dinser
Commercial Director

From day one of our collaboration, I have found the team at MSA perfect for our needs. As a UK based business with notable activities in the Far East, we are looking for clear, constructive and accurate advice along with of course day to day financial/fiscal support. This is exactly what we get, and this provides enormous reassurance over the numbers and furthermore excellent support as we grow our business in the Far East. A true partner to our business in every sense of the word.

Badgequo Ltd.

Matt Goldstein
Finance Director

MSA has been our trusted service provider since the establishment of our operations in China. With a profound understanding of Chinese compliance requirements and the ability to translate these requirements in an international context, MSA has enabled us to achieve an exceptional level of transparency and an understanding of the Chinese financial and administrative regulations. After the expansion of our operations in China we continue to rely on the expertise of MSA in relation to taxation matters. MSA continues to reserve dedicated staff members, with a thorough understanding of our operations, whom are ready to support our local finance team in a heartbeat should the need arise.

Lotus Bakeries NV

LOTUS BAKERIES CHINA

MSA is our advisor of choice for complex tax and financial advisory with respect to our China operations. MSA’s team of experts has supported us with extensive advice on various topics such as international transactions, tax implications and business structure optimization. We trust on the company’s knowledge and experience to make well-informed decisions that are key to our company’s success in China. Most notably, MSA’s solid advice and practical support has enabled us to successfully optimize our internal business structure, which included among others comprehensive advice on the optimal business structure for CIBES’ operations in China and subsequent support from MSA with the implementation of the new structure (incl. establishment of 40 branches across Mainland China).

Cibes Lift Group AB

Manuel Neuhofer
Director of Finance and Administration for ASIA & MENA CIBES Lift Group

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