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VOLUME 24

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DIGEST OF CASES REPORTED

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Decision No
 

EXTENSION OF TIME -
 

time to lodge appeal - appeal out of time - whether time to lodge appeal should be extended - salaries tax - source of income - whether at least some salaries were derived from a Hong Kong source - whether the 60-day rule applies - whether appellant can claim relief on ‘double taxation’ - Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) ss 8, 66 and 68(4)

D62/08 (PDF file)

D62/08 (Word file)

PENALTY TAX -

 

salaries tax – s 82A of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) [Decision in Chinese]

D1/09 (PDF file - Trad. Chinese)

D1/09 (PDF file - Simp. Chinese)

D1/09 (Word file - Trad. Chinese)

D1/09 (Word file - Simp. Chinese)

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -

 

appeal – absence – s 68 of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) [Decision in Chinese]

D57/08 (PDF file - Trad. Chinese)

D57/08 (PDF file - Simp. Chinese)

D57/08 (Word file - Trad. Chinese)

D57/08 (Word file - Simp. Chinese)

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PROFITS TAX -
 

 

source of profits – Taxpayer paid processing charges to Mainland factory for the manufacture of products – did profits arise partly in Hong Kong and partly in the Mainland – apportionment of profits – deductions for expenditure on prescribed fixed assets – ss 14 and 16G of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) – Departmental Interpretation and Practice Note (‘DIPN’) Nos. 15 and 21

 

D51/08 (PDF file)

D51/08 (Word file)

issue of apportionment – deductibility of expenses – anti-avoidance – ss 16(1), 17(1)(b), 61 & 61A of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D54/08 (PDF file)

D54/08 (Word file)

company interposed between appellant and group companies in the course of trading – transaction entered into for the sole or dominant purpose of obtaining tax benefits – ss 14, 16(1), 61, 61A and 68 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D56/08 (PDF file)

D56/08 (Word file)

special deduction and depreciation allowance – prescribed fixed assets – industrial building allowance – ss 2, 16(1), 16G, 18F, 37, 39B, 39E, 40(1), 66(3) and 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) – DPIN No 15

D61/08 (PDF file)

D61/08 (Word file)

 

SALARIES TAX -
 
locality of employment – whether reimbursement of relocation expenses upon taking up of employment and relocation allowance upon termination chargeable or not – ss 8(1)(a), 8(1A)(a), 12(1)(a) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D55/08 (PDF file)

D55/08 (Word file)

payment on termination of employment – whether assessable to salaries tax – ss 8(1) and 9(1)(a) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D58/08 (PDF file)

D58/08 (Word file)

absent from hearing – application for adjournment – s 68, 68(2B) and 68(2D) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D59/08 (PDF file)

D59/08 (Word file)

CASE STATED -
 
salaries tax – application to state case – s 69 of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D60/08 (PDF file)

D60/08 (Word file)

s 69(1) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) – appeal against the Board’s finding of facts – proper questions of law – whether the questions are particularised and clearly identify the questions of law

D3/09 (PDF file)

D3/09 (Word file)


 
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