China's State Administration of Taxation has announced a public consultation on the draft implementing regulations for the Environmental Protection Tax Law, which was approved the end of 2016 and will become effective 1 January 2018 ({News-2017-01-04/A/5-previous coverage}). The draft regulations provide clarification on the general provisions, definitions of terms, the tax basis and tax payable, applicable tax breaks, collection management, and other relevant matters for the implementation …