Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Howard. My last visit, of several p.a., was in the early/mid 80s. Learning is a never-ending joy! If I then compare the prices of a residence, to buy or rent, and then relate it to to-day elsewhere, it begins to be a question of "what you gain on the swings ................", as you intimated in an earlier posting on company apartments. Good to be up-to-date on the details, Ta! B. On 11-mei-2009, at 0:12, H&ECummer wrote: >> >> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 14:27:12 +0200 >> From: bruce golding <leica at ralgo.nl> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bending the rules >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> paying your income tax? >> >> b. > > Hi Bruce, > In HK the maximum tax rate is 16%, if you send an email to Internal > Revenue in the morning you get an answer in the afternoon. > You receive your full salary every month / week and taxes are > collected only twice a year. The tax form, in Chinese and English, > is 4 quarter folds wide. It is one of the simplest and lowest tax > regimes in the world. So, most people in HK tend to pay their taxes > but, > of course, there are some who try not to. > Cheers > Howard > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information