Volume 22 Third Supplement
Publication Date: Jul 2008
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DIGEST OF CASES REPORTED
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CASE STATED |
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application for stating a case — proper question of law — s 69(1) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") |
D45/07 |
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PROFITS TAX |
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property — interests acquired in two occasions — intention to trade — cost in calculating profits |
D49/07 |
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trade — sale and purchase of property — ss 14(1), 2(1) and 68(4) of Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") [Decision in Chinese] |
D43/07 |
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trade — sale and purchase of property — ss 14(1), 2(1), 15(1)(c), and 68(4) of Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") [Decision in Chinese] |
D44/07 |
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PROPERTY TAX |
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licence fee — ss 2, 5, 5B, 7A , 14, 56A , 59 and 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") — s 2 of the Building Management Ordinance [Decision in Chinese] |
D48/07 |
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SALARIES TAX |
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extension of time — absence from Hong Kong — hearing in the absence of the taxpayer — whether appeal was late — ss 66 and 68(2D) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") — additional service award — ss 8(1)(a), 9(1)(a) and 68(4) of the IRO |
D41/07 |
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home loan interest deduction — additional assessment - ss 26E, 60, 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") [Decision in Chinese] |
D46/07 |
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whether or not reasonable to use mandatory provident fund to settle the long service payment — assess the nature of payment whether it was compensation, gratuity or discretionary bonus — s 31Y and 31YAA of the Employment Ordinance [Decision in Chinese] |
D42/07 |
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whether services rendered outside Hong Kong — "60 days" rule — fraction-equals-whole approach — whether time apportionment necessary — Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") s 8(1B) |
D40/07 |
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whether the appeal was out of time — s 66 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance ("IRO") — whether the failure to serve the Appendices within the appeal period rendered the Appeal out of time — whether Appendices are part of the statement of facts within the meaning of s 66(1) of IRO — intention of the legislature in s 66(1) of the IRO — jurisdiction to extend time on non-compliance with requirement under s 66(1)(a) — reasonable cause for failure to serve on time — the discretion to extend time — whether the expense was wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the production of the income — whether the nature of the sum is donation |
D50/07 |
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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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