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Under Article 108 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, the taxation system in Hong Kong is independent of, and different from, the taxation system in mainland China. In addition, under Article 106 of the Hong Kong Basic Law, Hong Kong has independent public finance, and no tax revenue is handed over to the Central Government in China. [1]
IRO Section.25 Deduction of property tax from profits tax. Any person's HK property tax payable can be set off by the same HK profit tax payable. IRO Section.26A Exclusion of certain profits from tax IRO Section.26B Concessionary deductions, general provisions IRO Section.26C Approved charitable donations
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 ...
The following is a list of legislation passed by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Some have been repealed and replaced with updated laws. In total there are 1181 ordinances in effect and an assortment of subsidiary legislation associated with them. Legislative enactments of Hong Kong are called Ordinances.
The Hong Kong Basic Law, which is a law passed by the Chinese National People's Congress, came into effect in 1997, becoming the constitutional document in Hong Kong. [4] The law was passed in accordance with Article 31 of the Chinese Constitution, which authorized the establishment of Special Administrative Regions. The Basic Law sets out the ...
In Hong Kong, profits tax is an income tax chargeable to business carried on in Hong Kong. Applying the territorial taxation concept, only profits sourced in Hong Kong are taxable in general. Capital gains are not taxable in Hong Kong, although it is always arguable whether an income is capital in nature.
Partnership taxation in Hong Kong is the taxation of the profits or losses generated by partnership business entities.First, these profits or losses of the partnership are assessed according to the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance, Chapter 112, section 22.
A new income tax law, passed in 1997 and effective 1998, determined residence as the basis for taxation of worldwide income. [168] The Philippines used to tax the foreign income of nonresident citizens at reduced rates of 1 to 3% (income tax rates for residents were 1 to 35% at the time). [169]