Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have taken unprecedented measures such as implementing strict quarantine requirements or travel restrictions. As a result, senior executives who are used to travel frequently may now be forced to stay much longer in a host country than usually or even get stranded there. This situation may raise significant Covid-19 […]
The OECD is currently working on a new proposal to further address the Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (“BEPS”) project. The BEPS project itself was launched to prevent multinational enterprises (“MNEs”) from the exploitation of gaps and mismatches in tax rules by artificially shifting profits from high to low or no-tax locations where there is […]
The Comprehensive Avoidance of Double Taxation Arrangement between Hong Kong and Macao (“CDTA-HK/MC”) is the latest of Hong Kong 45 international double taxation agreements. It has entered into force on 18 August 2020. It will be applied in Macao and Hong Kong as from 1 January 2021 and 1 April 2021 respectively. This agreements follows […]
On 19 August 2020, the government of the United States (“the US”) announced that the agreement in respect of double taxation relief on income derived from the international operation of ships entered into between the US and Hong Kong (“the Agreement”) has been terminated which will revert Hong Kong to the general shipping income tax […]
