Pictured: the opening ceremony site

From August 28 to September 1, 2015, the "The 2nd China Tax Lawyers, Certified Tax Agents and Tax Law Graduate Students Summer Academy(2015)" jointly organized by the Finance and Tax Law Professional Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association, the Education and Training Department of the China Certified Tax Agents Association, and the School of Civil, Commercial and Economic Law of China University of Political Science and Law, and co-sponsored by Beijing Hwuason Law Firm and the Finance and Tax Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, was held at China University of Political Science and Law. This summer academy has received extensive responses from provincial and municipal law associations, tax associations, law firms, tax firms, lawyers, registered tax agents, tax law postgraduates, cadres of tax authorities, tax managers of enterprises and other organizations and people nationwide. Since the official enrollment, it has received enthusiastic applications from more than 450 people from all mainland provinces and Taiwan. After careful examination by the organizer, 180 people were finally admitted, including 90 lawyers, 50 registered tax accountants, 30 postgraduates in tax law, and 10 cadres of tax bureaus and corporate tax managers. Compared with The 1st China Tax Lawyers and Tax Law Graduate Students Summer Academy(2014), this Summer Academy has made significant adjustments in the training objects, and for the first time, registered tax agents were included in the team of students, so that they can learn knowledge, improve theories and share experiences. At the same time, the participants will discuss the new direction of cross-border cooperation between tax lawyers and registered tax accountants, which is of great significance for enhancing the professionalism and comprehensiveness of tax law services and will play a significant role in promoting the formation of a domestic tax service community.

Liu Tianyong, Director of Hwuason Law Firm, moderated and delivered a speech

At 8:30 a.m. on August 28, the Summer Academy held a grand opening ceremony. Mr. Liu Tianyong, Director of Hwuason Law Firm and Deputy Director and Secretary General of Finance and Taxation Law Committee of the National Lawyers Association, was entrusted by the National Lawyers Association and the China Taxation Association to be the moderator. Mr. Ma Guohua, Deputy Secretary General of the All China Lawyers Association, Mr. Li Linjun, Vice President and Secretary General of the China Association of Registered Taxation Technicians and Former Director of the Department of Levy and Administration of the State Administration of Taxation, and Professor Shi Zhengwen, Director of the Research Center of Finance and Taxation Law of the China University of Political Science and Law attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

Figure: Ma Guohua, Deputy Secretary General of All-China Lawyers Association, delivered a speech

In his speech, Mr. Ma Guohua, deputy secretary-general of Hwuason Law Firm, said that since its establishment in 2012, the Finance and Taxation Law Committee of the National Lawyers Association, which was promoted by Hwuason Law Firm, has continued to develop and innovate and strengthened the business research and training of talents, especially the success of the two sessions of the "summer academy", which has sent nearly 400 tax lawyers to the country and the society. In particular, the two "Summer Academy" have been successfully organized, providing nearly 400 tax lawyers and reserve forces for the country and the society, which is fruitful and effective. Mr. Li Linjun, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, said in his speech that under the background of the current tax law reform and the period of adjustment of registered tax agents, the transformation of registered tax agents into tax law expert tax-related professional service agents has become a new orientation and goal for their development, which put forward an urgent need for business complementation and strategic cooperation between registered tax agents and tax lawyers, so as to promote the improvement of the level of China's tax services. In his speech, Prof. Shi Zhengwen analyzed the latest trend of China's tax law reform and put forward great expectations to all the participants to enhance the practice standard of tax lawyers and registered tax accountants. Mr. Liu Tianyong, in his presiding speech, opined that although China's tax lawyers are developing rapidly, they are still in the nascent stage of development as a whole, and there is an obvious shortage of reserve talents. The Committee of Finance and Taxation Law of the National Lawyers' Association will continue to promote the training of tax lawyers' talents and the formation of a tax law service community in the future, so as to comprehensively enhance the level of China's lawyers' tax law services.

During the five-day course, experts and scholars from the top domestic law firms, tax firms, famous universities and tax authorities conducted in-depth analysis and interpretation from both theoretical and practical perspectives on the six major tax reforms, tax policies, tax collection and management, tax planning in key industries, settlement of tax disputes, and maintenance of taxpayers' rights and interests, which are the hot issues of great concern in the current economic development.

Li Linjun, Vice President and Secretary General of China Association of Registered Tax Accountants, delivered a speech

On the morning of August 28, Li Linjun, Vice President and Secretary General of China Association of Registered Taxation Technicians and former Director of the Department of Levy Management of the State Administration of Taxation, gave a special lecture on the theme of "Reform of Taxation Levy Management and Tax-Related Professional Services", combining his participation in the revision of the Taxation Levy Management Law and his many years of experience in tax collection and management, analyzing the direction of the reform of China's taxation levy management, and analyzing the direction of China's taxation levy management through the analysis of China's injection tax reform. He analyzed the direction of China's tax administration reform, and proposed six major trends for the development of the tax industry by analyzing the development history and status quo of China's tax industry as well as the experience of international related industries.

In the afternoon of August 28, Wei Jinji, Business Director of Beijing Zhongrui Yuehua Taxation Firm, gave a special lecture on "Interpretation of Tax Policies and Practical Analysis of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions and Reorganization", and focused on the analysis of "Special Tax Treatment of Enterprise Reorganization". He also analyzed the basic conditions, declaration procedures, and determination of reasonable business purpose.

Shi Zhengwen, Professor and Director of the Research Center of Finance and Taxation Law of China University of Political Science and Law, delivered a speech

On the morning of August 29, Prof. Shi Zhengwen, Director of the Research Center of Finance and Taxation Law of China University of Political Science and Law, gave an in-depth analysis of a typical tax case, and discussed with the participants the real estate law and tax issues involved in a case of tax disputes arising from the transfer of real estate enterprises' equity. In the evening, Mr. Shi gave a lecture entitled "In-depth Analysis of Typical Tax Cases". In the evening, Mr. Shi Zhengwen gave a lecture entitled "Discussion on Key Issues of the Revision of Tax Administration Law".

In the afternoon of August 29, JI Feng, Senior Manager of Deloitte China, made a detailed elaboration on cross-border tax issues around tax agreements, and made practical interpretation on the application of tax agreements through typical cases such as "inviting in" and "going out".

On the morning of August 30, Liu Tianyong, director of Hwuason Law Firm and deputy director and secretary-general of the National Lawyers Association's Professional Committee of Finance and Taxation Law, focused on the theme of "Tax Planning and Case Analysis of Capital Operation", introduced the current hot tax problems in the field of capital operation in China and combined with the IPOs and listed companies that Huazhou has recently represented with the theme of "New Third Board" and "New Third Board". Combined with the actual cases of IPO and listing on the "New Third Board", M&A and reorganization, and equity transfer, Huatax analyzed the operation practice of tax planning and 6 major tax risk control in the field of capital operation.

In the afternoon of August 30, Fan Jianying, a certified tax accountant and a special researcher of China Tax Network, gave an in-depth explanation on tax planning for the real estate industry in connection with the "Camp Reform and Increase".

In the morning of August 31, Mr. Wei Zhibiao of Hwuason Law Firm gave a special lecture on the theme of "Analysis of Tax Preferential Policies and Tax Saving Planning". He comprehensively analyzed China's industry-specific and regional tax preferential policies in the light of the latest research results of the "Survey on China's Regional Tax Competitiveness". Combined with the latest cases, he focused on how to build and optimize the enterprise tax structure by using regional tax preferential policies, which provided new ideas for enterprises to save tax legally and reasonably.

In the afternoon of August 31, Mr. Hongwei Xia, Manager of Taxation Department of Ernst & Young (China) Enterprise Consulting Co., Ltd. gave a keynote speech on the topic of "Difficult Practical Problems in Individual Income Tax", and made an in-depth analysis of many difficult problems in the current practice of individual income tax.

On the morning of September 1, Prof. Zhang Bin from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences gave a lecture on "Current Tax Reform and Frontier Issues of Tax Legislation", focusing on the six key tax reform projects such as Camp Reform, Consumption Tax Reform, Individual Income Tax Reform, Real Estate Tax Reform, Resource Tax Reform and Environmental Protection Tax Reform, analyzing the background and future development of tax reform. He analyzed the background and future path of tax reform.

In the afternoon of September 1, Mr. Lu Guoyang of Shanghai Zuozhuo Law Firm gave a special lecture on the topic of "Analysis of Difficult Tax Audit Cases", focusing on the analysis of tax policies in tax-related cases.

In the evening of August 31st, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, the organizer of the Summer Academy, Hwuason Law Firm, held a salon on the topic of "Cross-border Cooperation between Tax Attorneys and Registered Taxation Engineers and Expansion of Tax-Related Services", which was attended by students of the Summer Academy as well as 10 lawyers and tax law firms from well-known law firms and tax law firms. More than 10 directors, chiefs and senior partners from well-known law firms and tax firms had a fruitful discussion on the cooperation and development of tax lawyers and registered tax accountants.

In addition, during the Summer Academy, relevant experts and leaders from the State Administration of Taxation and Beijing Municipal Bureau of Internal Revenue made cutting-edge reports on hot issues of tax legislation and collection and management.

Pictured: Closing Ceremony

At 5:00 p.m. on September 1, the course of "The 2nd China Tax Lawyers, Certified Tax Agents and Tax Law Graduate Students Summer Academy(2015)" was successfully concluded, followed by a short closing ceremony, and certificates of completion were issued to the participants who passed the assessment. Liu Tianyong, Director of Hwuason Law Firm and Deputy Director and Secretary General of the National Lawyers Association's Professional Committee on Finance and Taxation Law, in his presiding speech, believed that the success of the second Summer Academy was of great significance to the development of Chinese tax lawyers and registered tax agents and would become a new starting point for the cooperation between the two major professional tax service organizations. Shi Zhengwen, Director of the Research Center of Fiscal and Tax Law of China University of Political Science and Law, delivered an enthusiastic speech, and put forward great expectations and wishes to all the participants. Prof. Shi Zhengwen pointed out that the fiscal and taxation system plays a fundamental, systemic and safeguarding role in governing the country and securing the state, and the Party and the State have always attached great importance to the reform of the fiscal and taxation system and the construction of the financial system. In particular, the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee clearly proposed to deepen the tax reform, and the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward the strategy of "comprehensively advancing the rule of law" and explicitly strengthened the legislation of six key areas, which puts forward the goal of the rule of law construction of China's finance and taxation and also provides the guiding basis. The construction of the rule of law in finance and taxation will become a breakthrough and starting point for comprehensively deepening reform and promoting economic and social development, and the demand for legal services in finance and taxation in the future will continue to increase, and a new period for the development of tax lawyers has come. The success of the Summer Academy will have far-reaching impact on the development of China's tax lawyers, and will also play a positive role in the prosperity of the theory and practice of national fiscal and tax law. Meanwhile, the Summer Academy innovatively includes registered tax accountants in the team of students, and opens a channel for tax lawyers and registered tax accountants to communicate with each other and collaborate with each other during the five days of study and exchange. The future cooperation between tax lawyers and registered tax accountants will become a new feature of China's tax service market, and will ultimately open a new era of tax law service in China. In the future, the cooperation and development between tax lawyers and registered tax agents will become a new feature of China's tax service market, and will eventually open a new era of China's tax service.