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Entry into force of Luxembourg-Hong Kong double tax treaty

  • NautaDutilh
  • -
  • Hong Kong, Luxembourg
  • -
  • February 5 2009

On 20 January 2009, the treaty between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion entered into force

Implications of Hong Kong’s new commitment to conform with the latest international standard of tax information exchange

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 2 2010

Amid the global trend towards greater transparency in tax administration and closer cooperation between tax authorities, Hong Kong has so far lagged behind other developed economies in failing to incorporate in its double taxation agreements the latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development cross-border tax information exchange standard

Hong Kong legislature passed bill to allow conformity with latest international standard of tax information exchange

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 11 2010

The Legislative Council of Hong Kong last Wednesday passed the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2009

Tax treaty network of Hong Kong further expanded

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • June 7 2010

In March 2010, Hong Kong concluded comprehensive Double Taxation Agreements ("DTAs") with Brunei, the Netherlands and Indonesia

Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal decides transfer pricing case

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 27 2010

In Ngai Lik Electronics Company Limited v. the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, FACV No. 29 of 2008 (2009), the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (the CFA) affirmed the applicability of the arm’s length principle in a cross-border transfer pricing case

China collects tax on indirect equity transfer

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • June 16 2010

Recently, Jiandu City State Tax Bureau in Jiangsu Province, China, collected RMB173 million (US$25.4 million) on capital gain on an indirect transfer of 49 percent equity interest in a Chinese company

Treaty between Netherlands and Hong Kong expected to enter into force on 1 January 2011

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • Hong Kong, Netherlands
  • -
  • August 26 2010

The recently signed tax treaty between the Netherlands and Hong Kong provides new tax planning opportunities for China-related investments

Revised stamp duty rates on sale or transfer of property in Hong Kong

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 26 2010

With reference to the Financial Secretary's 2010-11 Budget delivered on 24 February 2010, the stamp duty rates on transactions of properties valued over HK$20 million will be increased with effect from 1 April 2010

Exchange of information article of the Hong Kong-Mainland China tax agreement updated

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On May 27, 2010, China and Hong Kong signed a third protocol ("Protocol") to the comprehensive double taxation agreement ("DTA"

Tax treaty network of Hong Kong expanded

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 5 2010

Hong Kong recently concluded comprehensive DTAs with Brunei on March 20, 2010, the Netherlands on March 22, 2010, and Indonesia on March 23, 2010