On 4 November 2016, the Hong Kong SAR Government (‘the Government’) proposed a stamp duty increment. This increased the previous Scale 1 rates (i.e. ranged from 1.5% to 8.5%) on ad valorem stamp duty (‘AVD’) in respect of residential properties to a flat rate of 15%, for the purpose of combating the speculative activities in […]
On 25 November 2020, the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, announced in her Policy Address to abolish the Doubled Ad Valorem Stamp Duty (“DSD”) on non-residential property transactions with effect from 26 November 2020. Accordingly, any chargeable instruments on commercial property market transactions executed on or after 26 November 2020 will be subject to Stamp […]
