Digital Taxation – A Global New Tax for Digital Economy

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) is currently working on a new digital taxation proposal to further address the Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (“BEPS”) project, which is also commonly known as “BEPS 2.0”.  BEPS 2.0 has two components, namely Pillar One and Pillar Two. Pillar Two (i.e. the imposition of a global… Continue reading Digital Taxation – A Global New Tax for Digital Economy

Mainland China Individual Income Tax for Foreigners

As a result of an increase of foreign investments in Mainland China and a strong demand for foreign talents by local Mainland Chinese companies, many foreigners are working nowadays either permanently or temporarily in Mainland China. These foreigners are advised to do proper ahead of time tax planning or revise their employment/assignment arrangements in Mainland… Continue reading Mainland China Individual Income Tax for Foreigners

Trading Securities and Commodities and Corporate Income

The question whether or not the profits including commissions arising out of securities and commodities trading are subject to Hong Kong corporate income tax have been subject to several Hong Court cases. In Nice Cheer Investment Limited v CIR (HCIA 8/2007), dated 28th of June 2011, were however the unrealised gains arising out of the… Continue reading Trading Securities and Commodities and Corporate Income

Hong Kong as a Safe Harbor Amid the “Attack of Debt Tsunami”

The Institute for International Finance (“IIF”) recently warned of the attack of the debt tsunami as a result of the unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus packages implemented by governments around the globe pushing the global debt levels to a new high of more than US$ 272 trillion in the third quarter of 2020. The IIF… Continue reading Hong Kong as a Safe Harbor Amid the “Attack of Debt Tsunami”

Erroneous Tax Residency Risks

Due to global implementation of common reporting standard (CRS) and automatic exchange of information (“AEOI”), financial institutions (“FIs”) are required to conduct due diligence on tax residency certificate holders to ascertain their tax residency, and accordingly whether certain information of the financial accounts of the account holders is required to be exchanged to foreign tax… Continue reading Erroneous Tax Residency Risks

 

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