Transfer Pricing Resources for Hong Kong
     

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Transfer Pricing Guidelines - Methodologies and Related Issues - Departmental Interpretation and Practice Notes No. 46
Provides the basis on which the Inland Revenue Department ("IRD") will assess the arm's length nature of taxpayers' related party transactions, make transfer pricing/profit reallocation adjustments and determine whether a transfer pricing adjustment initiated by a party other than the IRD.
December 4, 2009

Commissioner of Inland Revenue v. Datatronic Limited
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal issued a decision that denies the availability of the “50:50 Concession” to a Hong Kong-based seller of products manufactured in China by a related party.
July 15, 2009

Relief from Double Taxation due to Transfer Pricing or Profit Reallocation Adjustments
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department issued a practice note that describes how to claim double taxation relief under the Hong Kong bilateral tax treaties for transfer pricing adjustments made by a tax treaty partner.
April 30, 2009

Commissioner of Inland Revenue v. Ngai Lik Electronics Co. Ltd.
The High Court of Hong Kong's Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that Ngai Lik Electronics violated Hong Kong's anti-avoidance rules for 1991-1996 through a restructuring that moved manufacturing operations from Hong Kong to mainland China, subcontracted the Chinese manufacturing operation through several related British Virgin Island entities, and incorporated a separate company in Bermuda to act as a holding company for the group members.
October 15, 2008

Practice Note Clarifying the Permanent Establishment Threshold Under China Tax Arrangement
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) delivered a practice note that explains the permanent establishment threshold under the SAR's 2006 double tax arrangement with the People's Republic of China.
August 15, 2008