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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is the Hong Kong government department responsible for collecting taxes and duties. History [ edit ] The Inland Revenue Department was established on 1 April 1947.
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 50000 Hong Kong dollars, 6% when net taxable income is between 50001 and 100000 Hong Kong dollars, 10% when net taxable income is between 100001 and 150000 Hong Kong dollars and 14% when net taxable income ...
Inland Revenue Ordinance. Inland Revenue Ordinance. Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Long title. An Ordinance to impose a tax on property, earnings and profits. Citation. Cap. 112. Enacted by. Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Salaries tax is a type of income tax that is levied in Hong Kong, chargeable on income from any office, employment and pension for a year of assessment arising in or derived from the territory. For purposes of calculating liability, the period of assessment is from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. Salaries tax is also charged on the ...
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. After assessment, then said profits or losses flow through the partnership to 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. The persons chargeable to profits tax ...
Goepfert case. Commissioner of Inland Revenue v George Andrew Goepfert, [1] also known as the Goepfert case, is a leading Hong Kong tax case, affecting jurisprudence relating to the territory's salaries tax .
The goods and services tax (GST) was a proposed value-added tax in Hong Kong. Consultation over a period of nine months was launched on 19 July 2006 and stirred considerable controversy. It launched a fierce debate amongst local taxpayers, lawmakers, journalists, politicians, who hotly debated the need for the tax, and the shape any taxes ...