Certificate of Resident Status (CoR) is a document issued by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) stating that the applicant, who can be an individual or an entity, is a Hong Kong tax resident under the double tax agreement (DTA) between Hong Kong and a particular foreign tax jurisdiction for a particular calendar year. […]
Replying to IRD enquiries has to be handled with great care and strategies. Provision of unfavourable or inconsistent information to the IRD may not only render the tax claims fail but also potentially result in IRD enquiries on a further tax probe such as a full tax audit and investigation.
It is sometimes controversial whether conditions for an offshore non-taxable claim in Hong Kong are met. Here’s how to prepare for it.
In general, each entity has corporate income tax reporting and payment obligations, in other words, tax compliance.
