Speakers:
Ms. Gwenda Ho
Senior Advisor, PwC Hong Kong
Ms. Kathy Kun
Director, PwC Hong Kong
(Course Code : 072025)
In the tax arena, the government’s current focus continues to be striving to strike a balance between complying with international standards and enhancing the competitiveness of Hong Kong’s tax system. As part of this process, the government has been actively engaging with stakeholders and carefully considering their comments in coming up with the legislative proposals for various regimes. Meanwhile, there have been interesting tax case developments that warrant taxpayers’ attention.
Highlights
• Major tax legislation passed in 2024
- Tax deduction for spectrum utilisation fees
- Aircraft leasing tax concession regime
- Patent box tax incentive
- Lease reinstatement cost deduction and removal of time limits for CBA/IBA claims
• Bills in action
- Implementation of global minimum tax and Hong Kong minimum top-up tax
- Company re-domiciliation regime
• Consultation on tax concessions for funds, carried interest and single family offices
• IRD’s guidance/rulings on FSIE
• Major tax cases
- John Wiley & Sons (stamp duty)
- Chapman (management fees)
- Patrick Cox (upfront fee and royalty income)
• Relevant Budget measures
• Virtual assets – what to expect
Date: 8 May 2025 (Thursay)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm (6:15pm Registration)
Venue: WEBINAR (webinar access link will only be sent by email to the
participants, who have paid the enrolment fee, one or two days before
the date of the webinar)
Medium:
Cantonese
CPD Hours: 1.5 hours
Enrolment Fee: HK$150 (Member of AHKA)
HK$250 (Non-member or Others)
About the Speakers:-
Ms. Gwenda Ho
Senior Advisor, PwC Hong Kong
Gwenda Ho is a Senior Advisor for PwC Hong Kong. Prior to her current role, she was a Tax Partner of PwC Hong Kong’s corporate tax practice, leading the National Tax Policy Services in Hong Kong as well as the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. She has extensive experience in providing Hong Kong and international tax consulting and compliance services to local, regional and multinational clients, leading a number of tax due diligence, corporate restructuring, cross-border tax advisory, transfer pricing, tax investigations, IPO and blockchain / digital assets-related projects. She has also been actively involved in providing comments on latest tax policies and tax bills. She is a Past President of Association of Women Accountants (Hong Kong), and served as a member of the Taxation Faculty Executive Committee of the HKICPA for three years.
Ms. Kathy Kun
Director, PwC Hong Kong
Kathy Kun is a Director of PwC National Tax Policy Services in Hong Kong. She has over 20 years of experience in Hong Kong and international taxation. She is responsible for authoring the firm’s tax publications and preparing written submissions to the HKSAR Government or the Legislative Council expressing the firm’s views or recommendations on Hong Kong’s tax legislative proposals or policies. She also provides technical support to client service teams. She is a frequent speaker at tax seminars and workshops. She currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the technical committee of the Asia-Oceania Tax Consultants' Association.
