With a view to mitigate the risks of loss of tax revenue in respect of outbound payments to foreign institutions and individuals, it is required by the Mainland Chinese tax authorities to go through certain procedures before outbound remittance can be made from out of Mainland China. Nature and amount of outbound remittance subject to […]
Due diligence is the best way to assess the value of a business, the associated risks and whether the transaction is viable when a company is considering an M&A transaction. There are several types of due diligence, the most commonly known being financial and legal due diligence. Legal due diligence reviews licenses, contracts, warranties and […]
Despite its lack of government oversight, governments and tax authorities are starting to set up frameworks to tax crypto currencies.
As expected, on 5 October 2021, Hong Kong and a few other jurisdictions* have been placed on the Grey List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions (“Grey List”) by the European Union (“EU”). This is due to the EU’s concerns of double non-taxation of foreign-sourced passive income, such as interests and royalties, under Hong Kong’s territorial source system.
