Book Description:

"PRACTICE OF CHINA'S LAWYER"  is a summary of nearly 20 years' experience of Liu Tianyong's team of lawyers in tax-related legal services. It introduces the rise and development of China's tax lawyers, summarizes the necessary knowledge of finance and taxation and legal theories of tax lawyers, and analyzes and explains the three major practice areas of tax lawyers in the light of the provisions of the tax law and practical cases - tax law consultation and consultancy, tax dispute resolution, and tax-related criminal defense. Tax Law Consultation and Consultancy, Tax Dispute Resolution, and Tax-related Criminal Defense are analyzed and explained. This book was first published in 2009, and was widely praised by the industry after its release, which not only filled the blank of practical guidelines for tax lawyers in China, but also played a positive role in promoting the majority of lawyers to devote themselves to the tax law service, and became a necessary advanced book for professors to learn how to change from lawyers to tax lawyers. At the request of the readers and the invitation of the law publishing house, at the beginning of 2023, Liu Tianyong's team of lawyers revised the book for the fifth time, and in November 2023, it was officially published and distributed by the law publishing house.

This book is an important guide and reference for practicing lawyers who aspire to enter the development of tax law service field, and it is an essential tool for tax lawyers to practice, and it is also an enlightening book for the majority of law school students to enter the field of finance and taxation law practice. We hope that this book can motivate and inspire more aspirants to join the profession of tax lawyers, and contribute to the construction of the rule of law on finance and taxation and the protection of legitimate rights and interests of taxpayers in the country.

Highlights of the Fifth Edition:

Updating tax-related laws and regulations - According to the changes of tax laws and regulations in recent years, the contents of each part of the book involving specific provisions of the tax law are comprehensively updated to maintain the consistency and timeliness of the book with the current tax laws and regulations.

Updating and increasing practice cases--The typical and difficult tax cases handled by Huatax lawyers in recent years are added and replaced into the book, so as to keep the cases included in the book more in line with the current practice of tax-related business, and more instructive, timely and useful.

Adjustment of business scope structure--The structure of litigation and non-litigation business of tax lawyers is adjusted to tax law consulting and counseling, tax dispute resolution, and tax-related criminal defense, focusing on sharing the latest research results of Huatax's team in tax dispute resolution practice.

Addendum on Tax-related Criminal Compliance--Introducing the reform of criminal compliance mechanism and its main contents, explaining tax-related criminal compliance defense practice, compliance counseling practice and third-party supervision and evaluation practice, and sharing the cases of non-prosecution handled by Huatax lawyers' team.

Editor-in-Chief's Introduction:

Liu Tianyong, the founder of HuaShui, director of Beijing Hwuason Law Firm, senior tax lawyer, Doctor of law from China University of Political Science and Law, Postdoctoral Economics from Central University of Finance and Economics, the first batch of national leading talents in taxation from State Taxation Administration , and the first batch of legal experts from Ministry of Finance's financial talent pool. He is the director of the Finance and Taxation Law Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association (9th and 10th sessions), a member of the Expert Committee of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office for Supervision of Civil and Administrative Litigations, a member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Justice for Reviewing the Filing of Laws and Regulations, a specially-appointed researcher of the Institute of Taxation Science of the State Administration of Taxation, a standing member of the 11th Committee of the Overseas Chinese Federation of Trade Unions (OCTU), and a professional member of the third-party supervision and assessment mechanism for the first batch of "enterprises involved in cases He is also a member of the 11th Standing Committee of the China Overseas Chinese Federation, one of the first batch of "Professionals of Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Related Enterprises" of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and a part-time professor of Peking University and Renmin University. He has been invited by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the State Council, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration , and other central authorities to participate in the legislative and revision work of the Tax Administration Law, the Individual Income Tax Law, the Enterprise Income Tax Law, the Value-Added Tax Law, the Consumption Tax Law, and other draft laws. Over the years, he has successfully represented hundreds of tax-related criminal and administrative cases with significant social impact.

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