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- How to apply for installment payments? What information and documents are required for application?
- How to fill in the “BIR60 Personal Tax Return” for a sole proprietorship? How to declare income in Part 5?
- What income is/is not taxable? Understand the scope of salaries tax
- How can I take advantage of the qualifying deferred annuity tax deduction? How do I know if an annuity policy is eligible?
- Recognize the tax deduction strategy for charitable donations, can the spouse use the maximum donation limit?
- Should married persons choose “joint assessment” or “separate assessment”? Which one is more tax-efficient?
- What is the profit tax rate? Introduction to the Hong Kong Profits Tax System
- How do calculate profits tax for loss-making companies and “dormant” companies?
- What is “Personal Assessment”? Is this tax assessment really more tax-efficient and better for you?
- Tax deductions are available for renting and living in a building. What should I pay attention to in the “residential rent deduction”?
- Salaries tax reduction of $10,000, how does employment get the most tax benefit?
- Tax arrangements under the epidemic: Can subsidies income received for “Anti-epidemic Fund” be exempted from filing tax returns?
- Homeowner’s Tax Deduction: Home Loan Interest Tax Deduction
- Online Tax Filing Instructions, Steps to Apply for an ETAX Personal Account
- What are the “Three Treasures of Tax Deduction”? Tax returns: Voluntary Health Insurance, TVC MPF, Deferred Annuity
- 2022 tax return: MPF contributions are automatically tax-deductible? Tax Return FAQ
- 2022 tax filing tips: When should you file your taxes? Under what circumstances do I have to pay tax?
- 2022 tax return information: How much allowance is there for the 2021/22 year of assessment?
- 6 special taxes “Tariffs incurred for income”: Can tax deductions be made for clothing fees, remuneration fees, and assistant fees?
- Why does renting houses have to go through stamp duty? Stamp duty procedures and precautions
- Does the lease have to be stamped? How to calculate the stamp duty/stamp fee for a tenancy agreement?
- Company secretary work and related documents
- How many stamp duties are there? Introducing 5 Stamp Taxes on Hong Kong Properties
- What are the conditions for taking paternity leave for men? Can the 5-day paternity leave be taken separately?
- How is paternity leave pay for men calculated? What should employers pay attention to when arranging paternity leave?
- How does the Employment Ordinance define maternity leave? What are the original qualifications for employees to obtain paid maternity leave?
- How is maternity leave pay calculated? Can a pregnant employee be fired under any circumstances?
- What is the definition of rest day in the Employment Ordinance? Can an employer force an employee to work on rest days?
- Statutory holidays are not the same as public holidays? Can statutory holidays be paid in lieu of leave?
- What is a business model? 9 business elements to consider before starting a business
- 3 Accounting Mistakes Entrepreneurs Must Avoid Early!
- Need help with starting a business? Four government website resources to support entrepreneurs
- How much does it cost to start a business? Expenses to consider before becoming a boss
- Dismantling the question of paid annual leave: How many days of paid annual leave does an employee have in a year? How should employers arrange for employees to take paid annual leave?
- Is it feasible to substitute salary for annual leave? Can part-time workers also enjoy paid annual leave?
- Three questions about payment in lieu of notice: Can annual leave be used to offset the notice period?
- How does payment in lieu of notice calculated on salary? How long is the notice period?
- How is the year-end payment calculated? When is the year-end payment due?
- Do employers have to pay end-of-year pay to employees? How is the partial year-end payment calculated?
- It’s just “personal education expenses” and “approved charitable donations”. It’s no problem to make a false report to reduce taxes. If the Inland Revenue Department catches it, it’s okay to report the wrong one? You are so wrong about it.
- When an employer terminates an employment contract, what payment is required?
- What is unreasonable dismissal? 5 Definitions of “Dismissal” You Need to Know
- How to file for personal bankruptcy proceedings? 5 Steps to File for Bankruptcy
- What is the application process for a business registration certificate? What documents do I need to prepare when applying?
- Do online stores need to register with a business registration certificate? How to display the business registration certificate correctly?
- What is the cost of a one-year/three-year business registration certificate? How to deal with the renewal of business registration certificate
- What does personal bankruptcy represent? How will bankruptcy be governed and how will it affect life?
- What does a company winding-up represent? What is the difference between liquidation and bankruptcy?
- Can the renovation expenses apply commercial building allowance or building refurbishment? The endless dispute!
- Under what circumstances do I have to pay severance payment and long service payment? Definition of “layoff” and “lockdown” in the Employment Ordinance
- How are severance and long service payments calculated? when will you pay?
- Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Contribution Different Contribution Methods and Points to Note
- How do self-employed persons calculate their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contributions and relevant income?
- When do I need to register an employee with a Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)? Enrolment Procedures for Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Schemes
- When to make contributions to employees’ Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)? What is “Contribution Free Period”
- I purchased a computer in the year of assessment 2020/21 for HKD10,000. Can I have this expense to be split into two parts and claim a tax deduction in two years of assessment? Therefore HKD5,000 in the year of assessment 2020/21 and other HKD5,000 in the year of assessment 2021/22.
- Employers’ handling of Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) arrangements after employees leaves the company
- How should pay sick leave be accounted for? Frequently Asked Questions in Labor Law
- How to withdraw from Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)? 6 Ways Beyond Retirement at 65 years old
- What is a Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme (MPF)? What Mandatory Contributions and Voluntary Contributions Are Calculated
- Is it OK to file a false tax return? The consequences are unexpected, jail time? Fines?
- New search arrangements under the Companies Ordinance?
- How to apply for installment payments? What else should I pay attention to?
- Hong Kong tax return “zero return”? Do “dormant companies” must file taxes?
- 4 Methods of Accounting Reconciliation, Why Do You Need Regular Reconciliation?
- Inland Revenue Department Investigation – Types and Powers
- 3 Questions About Auditing: When Is Auditing Needed? Why do you need an audit? What needs to be prepared?
- What is an audit opinion? Detailed explanation of 4 kinds of audit report opinions in Hong Kong
- How to apply for a waiver of the business registration fee and levy?
- 3 Ways to “Convert” an Unlimited Company to a Limited Company, and the Precautions
- What are accounting documents? What accounting information should the company keep?
- “Notes on Keeping Business Records”, how should a company keep business records?
- The sequence of the tax deduction for voluntary contributions and annuity premiums
- What are the consequences of violating the Inland Revenue Ordinance? What is the penalty for assessing additional tax?
- Are Internal Audit and External Audit Functions Complementary? How are they different?
- What is the difference between an accounting firm and a CPA firm?
- Why is the Certificate of Incorporation so important? How is it different from a business registration certificate?
- Instructions and Limits for Claiming Administrative Service Fees
- There are 3 advantages of setting up a company in Hong Kong: low tax rate, fewer taxes, and simple registration requirements!
- Set up a limited company and receive a green box? What is the green box? What’s the use?
- Will Hong Kong taxpayers face double taxation problems?
- Business registration fee waiver until 2022, only $250 for a one-year pass?
- Circumstances where rental income can be reduced
- How to exempt from HKFRS reporting? Which companies are eligible for the exemption?
- What are Hong Kong Accounting Standards? What does the specific scope include?
- [Tax Filing 2022] Found omissions, misreported tax returns? How do I submit an amendment to the tax office?
- Three major digital funding from the government: Technology Voucher Programme (TVP), The SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF), and Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading, and Domestic Sales (BUD Fund)
- Tax avoidance – pay a large administrative service fee
- What is the difference between bookkeepers, accountants, financial controllers (Controllers) and chief financial officers (CFO)?
- What are the “deductible items” for profits tax? What other “exempt income”?
- 6 common tax deduction items to help you use up your tax allowance!
- Do I need to file a tax return when I receive funding from the Anti-epidemic Fund? How do employers and employees file tax returns for related subsidies?
- Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme Tax Deduction
- 7 frequently asked questions about applying for the Technology Voucher (TVP) program, answered one by one!
- 100% Personal Loan Guarantee Scheme application instructions! Eligibility requirement? how to apply?
- What are the requirements for applying for the “100% Personal Loan Guarantee Scheme ” under the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme?
- Is it feasible to use an offshore company to avoid tax?
- Salaries tax – claim deduction for commission earned
- What do I need to prepare before setting up a company in Hong Kong? 4 Dos and Don’ts for Forming a Company!
- 6 Common “Tax” Questions Answered for Office worker!
- [BUD funding] A must-read for expanding in Hong Kong and overseas! What should I pay attention to when applying for the BUD special fund?
- [Technology Voucher Program instructions] How to apply for the Technology Voucher Program (TVP)?
- Easy Tax Filing Guide 2021! How should companies and individuals calculate salaries tax and profits tax?
- Profits Tax – Payment of Commissions, Rebates, and Discounts to be assessed by an agent
- What is the difference between accounting / audit? What does an auditor do?
- Types and powers of IRD investigation cases
- Should I choose a “limited company” or an “unlimited company” to establish a company? What is the difference between each?
- What should I do if I disagree with the tax assessment?
- Not paying taxes on time/applying for instalment payments
- Tax Reserve Certificate
- Application for deferred payment of provisional property tax
- Limited company-hiring employees and pay them a salary
- Profits tax-what you need to know about commissions, rebates and discounts
- Profits tax-disclosure of commissions, rebates and discount expenses
- Profits tax-commission, rebate and discount expenses
- Deduction of interest on operating business loans
- The Inland Revenue Department has finally resumed basic public services, and you can go directly to the Inland Revenue Department to get tax forms.
- Commercial Building Tax Exemption
- Non-residential renovation or alteration expenses
- Is the premium paid by the employer for the Keyman insurance plan tax deductible? (1)
- Conditions for deduction of home loan interest
- Tips for claiming a couple’s home loan interest deduction
- Deduction of expenses for tools, appliances or objects used in operating business
- Home loan interest deduction- further charge or re-financing
- Industrial building allowance
- Several situations for deducting home loan interest
- Reasons for applying for holdover of provisional profits tax
- Application for deferment of profits tax payment
- Do taxpayers only need to keep accounting records for 7 years?
- Anti-avoidance regulations-crack down on transactions whose main purpose is to obtain tax benefits
- Anti-Tax Avoidance Regulations-What are tax benefits?
- Limited company-payment of directors’ remuneration and housing benefits
- Anti-Tax Avoidance Regulations-False or Fictitious Transactions
- Lease Expired Stamp Duty
- Notes on Keeping Business Records
- Is rent lump-sum premium income taxable?
- Under what circumstances will the Inland Revenue Department agree to the deregistration of a limited company?
- How to apply for deregistration of a company?
- Corporations hold rental properties- Does it relate to profit tax or property tax?
- Profits Tax-Bad and doubtful debts and related Deductions
- Taxation related to partnership business
- Limited company-increased tax deduction by salary
- Is the employee insurance agent subject to salaries tax for receiving the advance payment?
- The benefits that can be converted into money are subject to salaries tax?
- Self-employed insurance agent collects advance payment to pay profits tax?
- How would you be selected as an investigation case for the Inland Revenue Department?
- Self-employed insurance agent collects advance payment to pay profits tax?
- Insurance Agent-Salaries Tax or Profits Tax?
- Profits Tax-Expense Sharing
- Proposing to amend the assessment on the grounds of error or omission
- The objection period has expired, but can the tax assessment be corrected?
- Salaries tax-payment in lieu of notice
- Hong Kong residents withhold tax on behalf of non-residents
- Under what circumstances do you need to act responsibly on behalf of non-residents in Hong Kong
- Patent or copyright fees paid to associates
- The following are treated as operating income: film, patent, or copyright category
- Conditions for applying for dependent parent/grandparent allowance
- Under what circumstances can I apply for single parent allowance?
- Rules for applying for child allowance
- The 80 Billion Employment Guarantee Plan – 8 major Q&As
- The second round of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund measures
- Conditions for applying for a married person’s allowance
- Schedule for filing tax returns for 2020-21
- How does the executor declare the income before the taxpayer is deceased?
- The executor’s duty to file tax returns for the deceased taxpayer
- Limits for claiming charitable deductions
- How can I claim charitable donations?
- Does the Inland Revenue Department allow apportioned (overseas) profits to be taxed?
- Manufacturing taxation – the differences between processing with supplied materials and processing with imported materials
- How does the Inland Revenue Department infer that trade profits are derived from overseas?
- Service Industry: The concept profit generated from Hong Kong
- The landlords should report truthfully on the tax return!
- Which expenses are tax-deductible from the landlord’s rental income?
- Is the property tax only paid from the rent of the leased property?
- Who will the Inland Revenue Department collect property tax from?
- Employers are responsible for notifying employees of the Inland Revenue Department to leave Hong Kong
- Reduce housing rental value and arrange housing benefits
- Housing benefits: Employers pay rent for employees
- What kind of income is subject to salaries tax?
- Income from overseas employment that foreign tax has been paid and is eligible to apply for exemption from Hong Kong salaries tax
- Are there any exceptions to salaries tax on the income of hired employees in Hong Kong?
- Salaries tax exemption on income from non-Hong Kong employment positions
- The employee starts working in Hong Kong and his/her employer’s tax liability
- Profit tax – are all expenses tax deductible? (3)
- Profit tax – are all expenses tax deductible? (2)
- Profit tax – are all expenses tax deductible? (1)
- Can offshore companies avoid paying Hong Kong taxation?
- Is tax avoidance illegal?
- Instructions for business registration, under what circumstances can the fee be waived?
- Differences between deductions under salaries tax and profits tax
- Profits from businesses all over the world are subject to Hong Kong profits tax
- What is operating a business?
- Is there a time limit for selecting or withdrawing personal assessment?
- You may not be able to elect for personal assessment even if you have a Hong Kong ID card?
- Figure out whether it is self-employed or an employee?
- There is no tax deduction for reported rental income/sole proprietorship or partnership profits?
- What kind of services/document I can obtain?
- Q: Are there any required information in order to setup HK Company?
- Q: Are there any requirement to setup HK company?