Certificate of Resident Status (CoR) (居民身分證明書) is a document issued by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) stating that the applicant, who can be an individual or an entity, is a Hong Kong tax resident under the double tax agreement (DTA) between Hong Kong and a particular foreign tax jurisdiction for a particular calendar […]
Hong Kong adopts the territorial source system whereby only income arising in or derived from Hong Kong (referred as ‘onshore income’) is subject to profits tax pursuant to the general charging rule of Section 14(1) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance. In other words, income which is sourced outside Hong Kong (referred as ‘offshore income’) is […]
Income recipients are usually required to obtain a certificate of resident status (“CoR”) from the relevant tax authority. As such, the CoR is one of the most important documents for the purpose of enjoying the tax benefits offered in the DTAs. This is necessary n order to be entitled to certain tax benefits granted under […]