After Long-term Zero Declaration without Auditing, He Received..

After Long-term Zero Declaration without Auditing, He Received..

Under the closure tide of offshore accounts, many clients are asked by these major banks in Hong Kong to submit files. Generally, as long as your company does an annual return all the time, it’s easy to collect the required information. However, there is an important file in it: the latest financial report, issued within the last 12 months!

After Long-term Zero Declaration without Auditing, He Received..

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In fact, many clients wouldn’t finish the audit report and submit Profit Tax Return on time, some even haven’t done accounting and audit since establishment. 

 

Failure to provide an audit report within the time required by the bank result in the closure of the account.

 

After Long-term Zero Declaration without Auditing, He Received..

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How to judge whether your HK company should do zero declaration or accounting and audit?

In Hong Kong, no matter an HK company have the operation or not, they all need to make accounting and audit before filling in Profit Tax Return.

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As long as you conduct a business transaction or activity in the name of the company, you are deemed to have started business, that is, you must do the audit. 

 

It can be judged by the following aspects: if it meets one of the aspects, it is a business operation:

  1. Transaction records in the bank account;

  2. Import and export records from government customs and logistics companies;

  3. Purchase and sales relationship with Hong Kong merchants;

  4. Hire an employee in Hong Kong;

  5. Allow or authorize the use of patents, trademark designs and other information in Hong Kong;

  6. Allow or authorize the use of movable property in Hong Kong to collect rent, rental fees, etc.;

  7. Entrust someone to do business in Hong Kong;

  8. Other profits derived from or arising in Hong Kong.

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Besides, what are the serious consequences if the audit report is not supplemented?

  • The tax bureau will self-assess the tax and multiply by three, and the amount of the fine will be increased with time.

  • At the same time as the high fine is imposed, the Hong Kong court may be subpoenaed and the court will sue the company’s directors and shareholders in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Company Law.

  • If the tax owed has not been paid, the company will be frozen by the tax bureau, blacklisted or forcibly canceled.

  • The credit of directors and shareholders will be affected simultaneously. There will be any impact on managing Hong Kong business or exit in the future. For example, if you apply for HK bank account again, bad records shall affect the success rate of opening account.

  • Tax evasion is a criminal offense. The Hong Kong Government has very strict tax and fines regulations. The maximum penalty is a fine of $50,000, plus a fine equal to three times the tax reduction and may be detained and sentenced to imprisonment after entry for 3 years.

The audit report is very important for maintaining the company’s Hong Kong bank account. In fact, it is not difficult for Hong Kong companies to conduct an audit.

After Long-term Zero Declaration without Auditing, He Received..

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HACOS has always been committed to providing customers with comprehensive and reliable financial planning, in-depth understanding of the customer’s operating model to provide the most appropriate method for customers, successfully complete the accounting and auditing of Hong Kong companies, and enable customers to operate legally in Hong Kong. 

Under the implement of CRS, it’s becoming increasingly important to have a compliant tax planning and timely tax declaration!