Pursuant to the Enterprise Income Tax (‘EIT’) Law in Mainland China, capital gains derived by non-resident enterprises from the transfer of directly held equity interest in (i) Chinese resident entities or (ii) movable/immovable properties in Mainland China (collectively referred as the ‘Interest in Mainland China’) are generally subject to capital gain tax in Mainland China. […]
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 […]