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Volume 24 Second Supplement

Publication Date: Apr 2010

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DIGEST OF CASES REPORTED

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  Decision No. Download
PENALTY TAX    

behind time to submit profits tax return – use of penalty tax – principles of the penalty on the non-compliance of time limit to submit tax returns – Commissioner has no power to adjust the assessed penalty tax – waste of resources of the Board and the Inland Revenue – ss 68(4), 68(8)(a), 68(9), 82A and 82B of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’).  [Decision in Chinese]

D34/09 Download D34/09 (DOC) TC - Traditional Chinese Download D34/09 (PDF) TC - Traditional Chinese

profits tax – ss 68(8), 82A and 82B(3) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’). [Decision in Chinese]

D27/09 Download D27/09 (DOC) TC - Traditional Chinese Download D27/09 (PDF) TC - Traditional Chinese

salaries tax– ss 68(1A), 68(8)(a), 68(9) and 82B(3) of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D42/09 Download D42/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D42/09 (PDF) EN - English
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT    

whether mortgage loan interest deductible – time limit of 6 years for additional assessment – ss 42(1), 60(1) and 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’). [Decision in Chinese]

D40/09 Download D40/09 (DOC) TC - Traditional Chinese Download D40/09 (PDF) TC - Traditional Chinese
PROFITS TAX    

sale and purchase of properties – whether a mere nominee – whether purported arrangement artificial or fictitious – ss 2, 14(1), 16(1), 26(b), 61 and 68(4) of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D39/09 Download D39/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D39/09 (PDF) EN - English

sale of land – whether trading or sale of capital assets – ss 2, 14(1) and 68(4) of Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D32/09 Download D32/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D32/09 (PDF) EN - English
PROPERTY TAX    

consideration – rent – whether apportionment of rent under the lease into rent and charges effective – s 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’). [Decision in Chinese]

D38/09 Download D38/09 (DOC) TC - Traditional Chinese Download D38/09 (PDF) TC - Traditional Chinese
SALARIES TAX    

assessable income – salaries tax paid by employer – employer paid provisional tax in excess of actual tax liability – whether constituted perquisite – s 9(1) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D41/09 Download D41/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D41/09 (PDF) EN - English

mere assertions and sketchy evidence – ss 8(1), 9(1), 11B, 11D, 16(1), 17(1), 61, 66(3), 68(4), 70 and 70A of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D36/09 Download D36/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D36/09 (PDF) EN - English

whether or not only that part of the Taxpayer’s employment income attributable to his services in Hong Kong be chargeable to salaries tax under s 8(1A)(a) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’) – source of employment income – totality of facts test – ss 8(1), 61 and 68(4) of the IRO

D35/09 Download D35/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D35/09 (PDF) EN - English

whether reimbursement of health care insurance from the employer should be chargeable to tax – ss 9(1), 12(1)(a) and 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (‘IRO’)

D37/09 Download D37/09 (DOC) EN - English Download D37/09 (PDF) EN - English

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