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A company incoporated in Hong Kong can do several different types of activities. We present you the three most used types of activities in Hong Kong.

Set up an import-export company in Hong Kong

This is the principal used of a company in Hong Kong.

Your company can invoice any clients (companies and private individuals), wherever they are.

Profits Tax is only charged on profits which arise in or are derived from Hong Kong. So if your business is not done in and managed from Hong Kong, you will have not tax to pay in Hong Kong.

The usual process is:

For more information about Hong Kong Profits Tax, please visit the Inland Revenue Department website or you can download this guide.

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Set up a consulting company in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is also used to set up consulting companies in a lot of consulting activities. Profits Tax is only charged on profits which arise in or are derived from Hong Kong. So if your business is not done in and managed from Hong Kong, you will have not tax to pay in Hong Kong.

The usual process is:

For more information about Hong Kong Profits Tax, please visit the Inland Revenue Department website or you can download this guide.

To order a company in Hong Kong, please contact us.

Set up an holding or a subsidiary in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the best place in the world to set up an holding or a subsidiary in Hong Kong using tax treaties network.

For example, Hong Kong has signed a Double Tax Agreement with Belgium: the payments of dividends, interest or royalties from a company established in one country to a corporation in another country, will under certain conditions benefit from a zero or low rate of withholding tax. 

In this respect, the tax treaty concluded between Belgium and Hong Kong foresees in the following maximum withholding tax rates:

Dividends
- 0% if there is a minimum holding of 25% held for an uninterrupted period of at least 12 months;
- 5% if there is a minimum holding of 10%;
- 15% in other cases. 

Interest
- 0%: on commercial debts-claims represented by commercial paper, resulting from deferred payment for goods, merchandise or services supplied by an enterprise; on debt-claims or loans of any nature (not represented by bearer instruments) paid to banking enterprises; on deposits made by an enterprise with a banking enterprise; on certain loans related to the Hong Kong or Belgian governments;
- 10% in other cases.

Royalties
- 5% in all cases.

The DTA between Hong Kong and Belgium can be downloaded here.

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