Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2974
Capital Gains Tax
Corporation Tax
Income Tax
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Hong Kong) Order 2010
Made
15th December 2010
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of December 2010
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
A draft of this Order was laid before the House of Commons in accordance with section 5(2) of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010( 1 ) and section 173(7) of the Finance Act 2006( 2 ) and approved by a resolution of that House.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2 of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 and section 173(1) of the Finance Act 2006, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, orders as follows—
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Hong Kong) Order 2010.
Double taxation and international tax enforcement arrangements to have effect
2. It is declared that—
(a) the arrangements specified in the Agreement set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order and the Protocol set out in Part 2 of that Schedule have been made with the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
(b) the arrangements have been made with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax and taxes of a similar character imposed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and for the purposes of assisting international tax enforcement; and
(c) it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
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