Payroll and Human Resources || Ebner Stolz Asia

Human resources management is an especially sensitive area in China

Salaries are often disclosed among personnel. Why go through the headache? If you outsource your HR tasks, your management will be able to ensure full compliance with labor, tax, and social insurance regulations for both domestic and overseas employees.

We also coordinate with your company’s HR department to facilitate the secondment of professionals to China, with regard to individual income tax, social insurance, and the avoidance of permanent establishment.

Our services include:

Tax advisory for labor contracts
Registration at the tax bureau and social insurance bureau
Payroll calculation and processing
Social welfare and housing fund advisory

Our approach to payroll and human resources

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Caring
We not only take care of the calculation and payment of the wages, but also give notice to the clients of HR related policy change with regard to social insurance, IIT, etc., to ensure they timely adopt a cost-saving approach while to keep legal compliance.
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Comprehensive
By closely cross-working with our experts colleagues in tax and accounting, we provide a complex view and solution in international background HR related cases.
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Practical
We always provide suggestions by putting ourselves into clients‘ shoes. Clients get the most direct solutions and answers through effictive and succinct communications.
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Added value
With abundant experience in WOFEs, our clients have more chances to find reference cases in any employment scenarios.

Payroll and HR news

Stay up to date about relevant news around payroll and human resources.

All news & events

15-day China visa-free policy for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia November 25, 2023 by Lena Li
Hague apostille, the new legalization approach for China since 7 November November 11, 2023 by Lena Li
September’s Manufacturing PMI Hits 50.2: First Expansion Since Q2 November 1, 2023 by Yvonne Zhang
Is China Still a Viable Investment Destination? November 1, 2023 by Yvonne Zhang
China Tax Update for Q3 2023 September 20, 2023 by Eloise Yao
Policies are issued by Chinese Government to Facilitate Foreigners’ Stay September 2, 2023 by Lena Li
Finally no COVID-19 testing required for entering China September 1, 2023 by Lena Li
Tax alert: China’s IIT Preferential Policy for Expatriates Extended August 31, 2023 by Kristy Chen

References & success stories

Analyzing a subsidiary’s HR budget

The task

We were asked by a German headquarter to analyze the rationality of the HR budget of its China subsidiary. The subsidiary proposed a general, 11% increase of the gross salary for the coming year.

Our approach

Instead of relying solely on institutional salary reports, we did a custom salary field survey to compare similar companies from the company’s industry. Our goal was to find ‘true’ benchmark figures. The comparison was conducted inclusively from functions to position grades. Other impact factors such as CPI index and the company’s market position were also considered.

The outcome

Some of the positions‘ salaries were found to be out of market level, but most were in a competitive range. The German headquarter was relieved to see that its China subsidiary was on track.