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Hong Kong and Global Tax Advisory and Planning

Hong Kong tax

Hong Kong has a simple tax system and the tax rate is low compared with many other major cities.

Our professionals provide tax planning and reporting services on both individual and corporate tax, including profits tax, salaries tax and property tax. There is no value added tax and capital gain tax in Hong Kong.

China tax

Taxes in China are extremely broad, with special rules for different industries and regions. Enterprises need more streamlined, efficient, and cost-effective ways to meet their compliance responsibilities. Services such as corporate and individual income tax filing, VAT filing and special tax filing can effectively help enterprises save a lot of time, cost and manpower to understand and familiarize themselves with the complex Chinese tax system and regulatory framework, and avoid tax risks, penalties and late fees caused by late and missed filings.

Corporate Income Tax

  • Corporate income tax compliance check
  • Monthly/Quarterly Corporate income tax filing
  • Annual Corporate income tax reconciliation and filing
  • Special tax declaration

Value-added Tax

  • Value-added tax compliance check
  • Value-added tax and sur-tax filing

Transfer Pricing

  • Transfer Pricing master file and local file
  • Transfer Pricing country-by-country report

Individual Income Tax

  • Individual income tax compliance check
  • Monthly Individual income tax filing
  • Individual income tax annual filing
  • Individual income tax retroactive declaration
  • Stock option declaration

Tax advisory services require not only familiarity with the tax provisions of each country and a high level of understanding of international taxation, but also an in-depth understanding of domestic tax laws and the benefits of bilateral tax treaties between countries. Tax planning strategies require the participation of highly experienced tax experts to meet the specific needs of clients when providing cross-border tax solutions.

Tax planning reduces tax risk and compliance costs for your business while complying. For example, the tax treatment of cross-border intra-group transactions, the tax impact of corporate decisions, repatriation of profits and tax risk control, etc.

Tax inspection and clearance assistant service

Assist clients in sorting out the key concerns of tax inspection and tax liquidation, prepare relevant tax certification materials to support the rationality of their tax treatment, and propose detailed countermeasures to reduce the loss of clients as far as possible within the scope of policy.

Tax policy and benefits advisory services

Provide relevant tax assistance services for enterprises in terms of tax incentives, deductions and tax refunds, especially in areas where policies are unclear and tax authorities have discretion, assist clients to analyze the tax impact of various schemes, understand the policy aperture of tax authorities, fully communicate and negotiate with tax authorities at all levels, and assist in completing relevant tax applications and filing matters.

Tax Planning Service

Tax planning is vital when doing business in China due to China’s constant changes in corporate tax regulations. Accentuate offers extensive tax planning, encouraging the ideology that your business must be commercially viable and balanced to yield tax efficiencies and mitigate the risk of challenges from the tax authorities.

At Accentuate, we provide various taxation services to our clients, including developing tax optimisation structures, tax restructuring for mergers and acquisitions, and can negotiate with tax authorities for a suitable preparation and submission of tax returns. We have vast knowledge of transfer pricing policies in line with both corporate international strategy and in compliance with Chinese tax regulations so that the overall tax exposure for multinational companies would be limited.

From Accentuate’s extensive network of international professional services firms, we are able to assist companies to effectively conduct tax due diligence, structure “off-shore” tax planning and company establishment.

Mergers and acquisitions tax advisory

Corporate restructuring tax planning
Equity transfer tax planning
Tax due diligence

Transfer pricing scheme 

Transfer pricing planning consulting
Value chain tax optimization management

  • International tax service
  • Consulting on tax planning for overseas investment
  • Profit repatriation plan planning
  • Tax planning and treatment for outbound remittance

Global tax advisory and planning

Tax expense is an indispensable factor of any business transactions and investment decision. An effective and legitimate tax planning would lead to tax saving as well as improvement of cash flow.  ​

When your company develops to global markets, having a tax expert who understand well about the complex tax rules in different jurisdictions can help the company achieve tax saving and avoid tax issues. We are specialized and experienced in Hong Kong and global tax advisory and planning. Based on the understanding on the company’s business and specific, our specialist would provide advice on effective tax planning.