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The IRD is responsible for the administration of the following Hong Kong ordinances on taxes and duties and the related rules and regulations: Betting Duty Ordinance Cap.108; Business Registration Ordinance Cap.310; Estate Duty Ordinance Cap.111; Hotel Accommodation Tax Ordinance Cap.348; Inland Revenue Ordinance Cap.112; Stamp Duty Ordinance ...
After the 1967 riots, the colonial government introduced the City District Officer Scheme (民政主任) "as the first sign of reaching out to the ordinary people" in Hong Kong society. [2] It was renamed the Home Affairs Department in 1971 because, according to the government, the department dealt not only with matters relating to the Chinese.
Efficiency Office (EffO, Chinese: 效率促進辦公室) is a government department under the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong.It is a management consulting agency in the SAR government structure, providing suggestions of general consulting, resource management and information technology for different SAR government departments and agencies.
The wages and incomes received from employment are subjected to tax. Income tax rate in Hong Kong is 2% when net taxable income is from 1 to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, 6% when net taxable income is between 50,001 and 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, 10% when net taxable income is between 100,001 and 150,000 Hong Kong dollars and 14% when net taxable ...
Government Property Agency (GPA) is an agency under the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. Established on 1 April 1990, the Agency manages the government properties which were distributed among Government Secretariat , Lands Department , and Rating and Valuation Department .
The Government argued that Hong Kong's tax base was narrow; thus, a single-rate GST was a viable option for Hong Kong in order to broaden the tax base and secure the sustainability of tax revenues base and the capacity to meet public expenditure needs in the long run.
The first Rating Ordinance, Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, was enacted in that year and related to the Police Rate which was collected to pay the expenses for upholding and maintaining the police force in Hong Kong. Over the following thirty years, services funded by rating such as “Lighting Rate”, “Water Rate” and “Fire Brigade Rate ...
1823 is a 24x7 one-stop hotline services operated by the Government of Hong Kong. It answers public enquiries on behalf of more than 20 participating departments and receives public complaints against the Government. It also act as a platform for resolving cross-departmental complaints.