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Profits Tax

Budget Mania

February 8, 2010

It is that time of year when people, typically tax partners of the larger accounting firms, attempt to predict the Hong Kong Government’s budget surplus/deficit for the current year. This is often accompanied by a call for a reduction in the rate of profits tax, i.e. the corporate tax rate. Experience has shown [...]

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Why Reduce The Tax Rate?

October 6, 2009

I read with interest that the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce believes that it is essential to reduce the rate of profits tax, the tax on business profits, to 15% in order to enhance Hong Kong’s competitive position. I question whether a reduction in the rate of profits tax is that important in [...]

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Meet Deadlines to Avoid Penalties

July 21, 2009

The Inland Revenue Department (“the Department”) appears to have become so frustrated with delinquent taxpayers and those that persistently miss tax filing deadlines that it has resorted to issuing a standard letter advising taxpayers that for such offences the Department is allowed to raise penalties of up to 3 times the amount of unpaid tax [...]

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