COVID-19 has affected most, if not all, people and businesses worldwide. Due to worldwide strict quarantine measurements and travel restrictions, people are being banned or discouraged from entering and leaving countries and consequently are required by (local) governments and/or their employers to work from home or even from different countries. This has created undesired COVID-19 […]
Under the Hong Kong salaries tax system, both employers and employees/directors are obliged to report the employment remuneration/directors’ remuneration to the HK-IRD by filing annual employer’s returns and individual tax returns respectively.
Income recipients are usually required to obtain a certificate of resident status (“CoR”) from the relevant tax authority. As such, the CoR is one of the most important documents for the purpose of enjoying the tax benefits offered in the DTAs. This is necessary n order to be entitled to certain tax benefits granted under […]
Global mobility has allowed more and more companies to request their personnel to carry out work duties outside the companies’ home tax jurisdiction. In the past, most working arrangements abroad were rather permanent, nowadays jobs are also performed on an assignment/secondment basis or on a commuter basis or even as a combination of these latter […]
