On 19 August 2020, the government of the United States (“the US”) announced that the agreement in respect of double taxation relief on income derived from the international operation of ships entered into between the US and Hong Kong (“the Agreement”) has been terminated which will revert Hong Kong to the general shipping income tax […]
Pursuant to a co-operation framework agreement entered into in July 2017, Hong Kong, Macau and nine municipalities in the Guangdong Province of Mainland China including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing have strategically integrated to form the Greater Bay Area (“GBA”), with a view to develop the region as a world-class […]
A number of investors worldwide, including Hong Kong and Mainland China, maintain entities on the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) for various purposes, such as acting as a vehicle to hold share investments and/or intellectual properties, or to engage in trading, service and/or fund management business. Please note that the BVI introduced the Economic Substance (Companies […]
With the increasing reliance on financial technology (often shortened to fintech), traditional banks are no longer the only option for opening a bank account. Instead, thanks to the developments in fintech, people now can open business bank account with a virtual bank provider. Currently, Hong Kong has 8 virtual banks and a growing number of […]
