– where to base yourself and your assets.
• Offshore discretionary trusts for tax planning
• Life interest trusts
• Pensions trusts
Offshore
Onshore Australia – “allocated
pensions” from super-annuation funds
• Review and improvements on existing trust arrangements.
• Estate Duty planning
• Onshore and offshore insurance bond vehicles
• Offshore holding company – French emigration
• Use of personal portfolio bonds for Estate Duty mitigation
• Tax efficient employee share and share options schemes.
• Pre IPO structuring for start up companies (ie dot.coms)
2. International Tax
Planning
• International Tax
Structures
Pre IPO structuring
International employee share and share
option schemes
• Cross border transactions – withholding tax minimisation
• Asia Pacific headquarter companies – comparisons of
jurisdictions
• Special structures for investment into :-
Philippines
Singapore
PRC
UK
US
Others
• Advice on UK and US “Controlled Foreign Corporation”
provisions
3. Hong Kong Tax Services
• Advice on preparation
and submission to the Inland Revenue Department (“IRD”)
of Employers’ Returns of Remuneration and Pensions
• Advice on preparation and submission to the IRD of :-
Profits Tax Returns
Individual Tax Returns
Property Tax Returns
• Our services include checking and advising on resultant
tax assessment s.
• Advice on lodging of objections against disputed assessments
and applications for holdover of provisional tax.
• Advance tax rulings :-
Hong Kong offshore taxation claims etc
Controlled company rules
• Tax efficient onshore / offshore structures for Hong Kong
companies
• Asia Pacific headquarters based in Hong Kong
• Use of Hong Kong companies for investment into the PRC
• Cost plus basis for Hong Kong company / branch
• Use of reinvoicing companies based in Hong Kong
• Tax efficient Hong Kong salary structuring
• Assistance with Hong Kong Field Audits / tax investigations
• Representation of the taxpayer at the Hong Kong Board of
Review
• Hong Kong Estate Duty Planning :-
Use of trusts
Revocable wills
Personal portfolio insurance bonds
• Advice on remuneration structures including implementation
of employee share and share option schemes
4. China Tax Services
• Tax advice on the
establishment of :-
PRC representative offices
Foreign Investment Enterprises
Joint Ventures
• Tax efficient remuneration structures for PRC based personnel
• Advice on and assistance with Tax Returns in respect of
PRC :-
Enterprise Income Tax
Individual Income Tax
Value Added Tax
Consumption Tax
Business Tax
• Assistance with PRC tax investigations
• Advice on PRC Customs Duties
5. UK Tax Services
• Non UK domicile rulings
• Advice on UK tax residence
• Advice on UK Individual Tax Planning
• Advice on UK Corporate Tax Planning
• Review of discretionary and other trust structures for UK
tax efficiency
• Advice on structuring investment in UK property
6. US Tax Services
• Advice on minimising
exposure to US Estate Duty
• Advice on minimising exposure to US Gift Tax
• Advice on minimising exposure to US Generate Skipping Tax
• Dynasty trusts
