For the purpose of combating cross border tax evasion, Mainland China is one of the more than 100 tax jurisdictions which has committed to implement automatic exchange of information (‘AEOI’), by signing the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters in August 2013 and entering into the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic […]
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department updated its practice notes in February 2020 to reflect the remedial interpretation of a marriage as delivered to include same-sex marriage as a consequence of the Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service (2019) 22 HKCRAF 127 (“the Leung Case”). Let’s explore the case and the same-sex […]
In order to further develop the asset management and the related service industries, the Hong Kong Government on 17 July 2015 published in the Gazette, the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 2015 (‘Amendment Ordinance’), under which the profits tax exemption for offshore funds shall be extended to private equity funds. Pursuant to the Amendment […]
The transfer of shares in a Hong Kong Limited Company (the “Company”) relates to transferring the ownership of a share(s) from one person to another. For these purposes, an Instrument of Transfer and Bought Sold Note must be stamped by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department Stamp Office. Together supporting documents and the amount of […]
