Commercial Building Tax Exemption
Taxpayers acquire real property to operate businesses. The related capital expenditures are not fully deductible. However, tax allowance can be claimed, one of which is the commercial building allowance. Only commercial and non-industrial buildings are qualifying expenditure. The annual commercial building allowance is at 4% per annum computed by reference to the cost of construction of the building.
Taxpayers acquire real property from developers, and their total cost of acquisition will include cost of land, cost of construction, and a profit margin for the developers. The Inland Revenue will not examine the developers’ accounts to ascertain the real cost of construction. The practice is that they will determine the cost of construction based on 50% of the acquisition price of the property as deemed cost of construction. Upon sales of the property in the future, they can get a full difference deduction if the construction cost is more than half of the acquisition price. On the contrary, if half of the property acquisition price is greater than the construction costs before settlement, then the difference will be taxable.
The above information is for reference only. Should you have more queries, we welcome your tax enquiries.
What kind of services/document I can obtain?
- Certificate of Incorporation (C.I.)
- Business Registration Certificate (B.R.)
- Registration documentations
- Share Certificate
- Articles of Association (A&A) – 10 books
- 1 Company Statutory Record and Company Kit
- 2 pieces of Pre-ink Stamp
- 1 piece of company seal
- 1 set of certified true copy for bank opening
- Register of significant controller(s)
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Q: Are there any required information in order to setup HK Company?
A: Yes, it is required to have following information to setup HK Company
- Proposed Chinese and/or English names of the company (Free of charge name search service)
- Copies of ID cards or passports of shareholders and directors
- Copies of address proof of shareholders and directors
- Registered address of the company (if unavailable, we can provide one for you.)
- Issued share capital (Normally HK$10,000)
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Q: Are there any requirement to setup HK company?
A: General Basic Requirements
- At least one director over 18 years old
- At least one shareholder over 18 years old
- One legal secretary (Free of charge service for first year)
- Hong Kong Registered address
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