As the cost of office rent and salaries continues to increase while in-house budgets continue to shrink, how can law firms and in-house legal departments cope with the financial squeeze and enhance profitability? The answer – according to a recent presentation at an AmCham Taipei workshop – may be automation of the preparation of legal […]
At AmCham Taipei, we are constantly working to deliver a great experience for our members and looking for ways to further improve our services. Between May 18 and June 23, we conducted a Membership Satisfaction Survey consisting of 12 questions. A total of 111 AmCham Taipei members responded to the survey with their feedback. “The […]
Businesses are increasingly recognizing that the workplace can be used to help improve business performance by enhancing employee engagement, retention and motivation; spurring productivity; and facilitating cultural change. On July 12, AmCham Taipei’s Real Estate Committee invited Edward Peters, Global Workplace Solutions Lead, Hong Kong/Taiwan/Macau, CBRE, and Vincent Shih, Assistant General Counsel, General Manager of Corporate, External & […]
AmCham Taipei’s 2017 Doorknock visit to Washington D.C. from June 26 to 30 conducted a total of 45 meetings with U.S. government executive branch agencies (including the State Department, Commerce Department, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative), Congressional offices, think tanks, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative office […]
During a recent visit to Taipei, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Acting Assistant Administrator Jane Nishida, met with AmCham Taipei on July 7th. Nishida has over 30 years of environmental experience working in federal and state government, and international and nongovernmental organizations. She currently leads EPA’s international and tribal engagements, and works closely with tribal […]
AmCham Taipei HR Committee held a seminar on July 6 at AmCham Taipei Lincoln Room, featuring May Wei 魏美蓉, Leader, Talent & Rewards, NA Practice Leader, Talent Management & Organization Alignment at Willis Towers Watson, as the speaker. 最新創新平台管理趨勢分享，拉動企業轉型動能 – this event was conducted in Mandarin. *This event will be conducted in Mandarin. 本次活動將以中文進行。 全面互聯網+的時代下，平台經濟迅速擴張，以用戶為核心的商業模式正席捲全球，一個成熟的平台可能在短時間內就可以顛覆一個產業的遊戲規則，阿里巴巴、海爾、亞馬遜、Google等已經從增加顧客價值擴大到平台生態系統的價值。 面對用戶主導的時代經濟，企業內也必須重新思考新的組織設計與人力架構以因應行動化時代的消費者，兩創精神(創業與創新)是組織轉型的關鍵，而創新平台管理為萃取自主管理團隊的精神與組織人才大數據為基礎因應而生，不僅可趨動組織創新的能量，更能為組織創造新的人才、產品與品牌優勢，拉動新的成長模式，協助企業成功轉型，進而翻轉企業的獲利能量。 我們這次特別邀請韋萊韜悅台灣分公司人才暨獎酬總經理魏美蓉女士與我們分享最新創新平台趨勢如何顛覆傳統金字塔的組織管理架構，魏美蓉女士曾協助台灣與亞太多家知名企業建立組織內部創業文化與長期激勵制度，引領現代組織變革的潮流，進而開創新的獲利模式。 When: July 6, 2017 […]
AmCham Taipei Tax Committee held a luncheon on June 28 at the Regent Taipei, featuring 許慈美女, 財政部臺北國稅局局長, as the speaker. 境外電商課徵營業稅新制簡介 – this event was conducted in Mandarin. *This event will be conducted in Mandarin. 本次活動將以中文進行。 106年5月1日起，境外電商對我國自然人銷售電子勞務，每年達48萬者，應辦理稅籍登記報繳營業稅，為方便境外電商瞭解詳細內容，台北市美國商會特別邀請到台北國稅局局長許慈美女士蒞臨午餐會演講，並簡要介紹境外電商課徵營業稅新制的課徵範圍、稅籍登記及申報繳納方式，歡迎對此議題有興趣的會員報名參加。 When: June 28, 2017 (12 PM – 2 PM) Where: Regent Taipei, 4F VIP 5+6 / 台北晶華酒店 貴賓廳五、六 4F Speaker: Tzu-Mei Hsu (Director-general, National Taxation Bureau of […]
In a quickly shifting world, travel and tourism seem to take many new shapes. Collaboration and partnership between various travel industry stakeholders in Taiwan must, once again, be innovatively enhanced and explored. On June 23, AmCham Taipei’s Travel & Tourism Committee invited renowned guest lecturer and hotelier Dr. Bert van Walbeek to give a luncheon presentation […]
Addressing the current state of the financial industry and the policy path forward, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) vice chairman Cheng-Mount Cheng told a recent AmCham Taipei luncheon audience that the FSC over the past year has taken positive steps to build a better business environment and stimulate financial product innovation in Taiwan. The presentation, entitled […]
AmCham Taipei Tax Committee held a luncheon on June 15 at AmCham Taipei Lincoln Room, featuring Mr. Kevin Chen 陳志愷會計師, Deputy Head of Tax and a Partner in KPMG Taiwan, Member of Taiwan CPA Association of R.O.C. Tax Regulations Committee, as the speaker. 「納稅者權利保護法」下的稅務管理新契機 – this event was conducted in Mandarin. *This event will be conducted in Mandarin. 本次活動將以中文進行。 近年來，外商在臺經營過程中，遭遇不少稅務爭議議題，諸如：境外服務費支付所得稅扣繳、集團管理費用、外派人員薪資、商譽及無形資產認列攤銷、移轉訂價等。而相關議題本身具複雜性及稅務機關執法立場因素，使外商於爭取應有租稅權益時產生諸多困難，影響外商的正常獲利。 […]