Recently, a new main feature of the Hong Kong has system has been introduced. It is a tax incentive called the two-tiered profits tax rates. The two-tiered profits tax rates regime applies to corporations and unincorporated businesses (i.e. sole proprietorship and partnership businesses) by lowering the tax rates for the first HKD 2 million of […]
A dormant company is considered to be a company which does not trade and has no significant transactions throughout a given timeframe. This should not be confused with the colloquial term “non-trading companies” as they are substantially different. A non-trading company means it is currently carrying out no business, but it does not mean it […]
The roles and duties of a tax representative and a tax agent vary in different countries and different terms are used. Generally, a tax representative operates as the client’s company and the tax agent operates representing its own name. Nevertheless, both operate on behalf of the client’s company and can discharge the assigned legal duties. […]
Until the 2nd of March 2014, section 4 of the previous Hong Kong Companies Ordinance Cap. 32 (‘Cap.32’) required every company incorporation in Hong Kong to have a signed Memorandum of Association (the ‘Memorandum’), whereas section 9 of Cap. 32 allowed a company limited by shares (e.g. a limited company) to register together with its […]
