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The examples are Hong Kong bearer instrument, Hong Kong stock, conveyance, contract note. Section 4 - Charging of, liability for, and recovery of stamp duty; Section 8 - Duplicates and counterparts; Section 9 - Late stamping; Section 10 - How instruments to be written, charged and stamped; Section 13 - Adjudication of stamp duty by Collector
Historic Hong Kong stamp duty revenue stamp and overembossing die (1905). Actual stamps are no longer used. According to Schedule 1 of Hong Kong Stamp Duty Ordinance Cap.117 (SDO), Stamp duty applies to some legal binding documents as classified into 4 heads: Head 1: All sale or lease transactions in Hong Kong immovable property.
The IRD is responsible for the administration of the following Hong Kong ordinances on taxes and duties and the related rules and regulations: Betting Duty Ordinance Cap.108; Business Registration Ordinance Cap.310; Estate Duty Ordinance Cap.111; Hotel Accommodation Tax Ordinance Cap.348; Inland Revenue Ordinance Cap.112; Stamp Duty Ordinance ...
Income tax rate in Hong Kong is 2% when net taxable income is from 1 to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, 6% when net taxable income is between 50,001 and 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, 10% when net taxable income is between 100,001 and 150,000 Hong Kong dollars and 14% when net taxable income is between 150,001 and 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.
[91] [92] Hong Kong is unique in a way because the government owns virtually all the land and allows for long term leases which is how they make their income off property. [93] Hong Kong levies a property tax known as "rates," which is a tax on the occupation of property or payable by the owner of unoccupied property.
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Singapore charges a 0.2% stamp duty on all instruments that give effect to transactions in stocks and shares. [59] However, this duty only applies to actual physical documents, and is not levied on computerized transactions performed through securities accounts. Stamp duty is not levied on derivative instruments.
Although Newman Investment is a private company and is not registered as an incorporated public office, which would qualify it from not paying stamp duties under section 41(1) of the Stamp Duty Ordinance, Hong Kong Chief Executives have, under section 52(1) of the SDO, allowed Newman Investment to not pay stamp duties.