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Reciprocal Exemption under section 23B(4A)

Section 23B(4A) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance
For the purposes of this section, where a person who is deemed to be carrying on a business as an owner of ships in Hong Kong under subsection (2) is resident in any territory outside Hong Kong, he shall be regarded as having a reciprocity status, if the Commissioner is satisfied that any profits earned by or accrued to a person to whom subsection (1) applies from a business carried on in the territory as an owner of ships are, under the laws of that territory, exempt from a tax which is of substantially the same nature as the tax chargeable under this Part.

Reciprocal exemption has been confirmed with the following countries