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VOLUME 12

FIRST SUPPLEMENT

[Note : The latest position of unsettled appeals is shown in either (a) Table of Appeals to Court of First Instance or (b) Table of Appeals to Court of Appeal/Court of Final Appeal. When the final outcome of an appeal is known, the position is set out in either table and will disappear in the next issue of Board of Review Decisions.]

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DIGEST OF CASES REPORTED

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Decision No
 

PENALTY TAX -
 

making incorrect salaries tax return by omitting part of income - whether assessable to penalty tax - whether assessment of 25% excessive
 

D22/97 (PDF file)

delay in filing profits tax returns - whether penalty tax assessments excessive
 

D25/97 (PDF file)

s 68(2D) - hearing in the taxpayer's absence - exercise of discretion by the Board - s 82A - amount of penalty decided on its own merits - 10% starting point - gross negligence - substantial omission
 

D27/97 (PDF file)
PROFITS TAX -
 

profit derived from sale of property - whether assessable to tax
 

D31/97 (PDF file)
SALARIES TAX -
 

sum payable as per contract on termination of employment - amount of sum payable based on compromise between the parties - whether assessable to salaries tax
 

D24/97 (PDF file)

whether housing assistance paid to taxpayer by employer was rental refund or cash allowance - taxpayer residing with his parents - 'lease agreements' entered into by taxpayer - agreements not submitted for stamp duty - whether landlord and tenant relationship existed - whether control exercised by employer over payment of housing assistance - Inland Revenue Ordinance ss 8(1) and 9(1)(b), (1)(c), (1A) and (2); Stamp Duty Ordinance (Chapter 117) s 15(1) and First Schedule, head 1(2)
 

D33/97 (PDF file)

s 8(1A)(b)(ii) - a continuous contract of employment or two separate contracts in the year of assessment
 

D40/97 (PDF file)
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