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Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (July 19, 2010)

Don't Lose Control - Use a Private Trust Company

Mr Howard Bilton - The Sovereign Group

In a previous article I wrote about the need to plan against ...... Once there the assets no longer belong to you, they belong to the trustees, so generally would not attract any tax charge on your death because the ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (January 31, 2010)

Tax Efficient Structuring Of Salary Packages

Mr Howard Bilton - The Sovereign Group

Although tax on salaries in Hong Kong is very low ...... a significant difference to their end of year tax bill. You won't be surprised to hear that the ...... Those with a "non Hong Kong employment" who travel outside Hong Kong extensively, as many do, can avoid paying tax on a percentage of their salary equal to the ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (July 13, 2010)

Tax Free Living After Hong Kong

Mr Howard Bilton - The Sovereign Group

Many Hong Kong residents elect to move abroad upon retirement or the end ...... All of these countries, to varying degrees, have been effected by the credit crisis and either have or will ...... Sovereign recently conducted a survey of world property prices and found that they had fallen dramatically in most onshore countries but had actually ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (January 31, 2010)

Tax Free Living After Hong Kong

Mr Howard Bilton - The Sovereign Group

Many Hong Kong residents elect to move abroad upon retirement or the end ...... All of these countries, to varying degrees, have been effected by the credit crisis and either have or will ...... Sovereign recently conducted a survey of world property prices and found that they had fallen dramatically in most onshore countries but had actually ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (January 31, 2010)

Some Common Misconceptions About Tax

Mr Howard Bilton - The Sovereign Group

Hong Kong has a very lenient system of taxation. The rates are low and tax is ...... Very few developed countries offer such a lenient system. There are ...... Residents of the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Monaco and other small island states charge no tax whatsoever but living there is challenging and facilities are limited. ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (January 06, 2004)

Mutual Fund Scandals In The United States: What is The Impact On Hong Kong Investors?

Johnson Stokes & Master

Written by Phillip Smith (Partner) and Kevin ...... hot topics since September 2003 when New York State Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer accused mutual ...... Full article Mutual funds generally require investors to submit their orders to buy or sell prior to a specified ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (August 06, 2002)

China Intends for a Digital Television System to be up and Running by 2010, and to Completely Replace its Analogue Broadcasting System by 2015

Johnson Stokes & Master's Technology and Communications Group

By David Ellis (partner) and Stephen Bureaux (solicitor) ...... ("HDTV") and Standard Definition Television ("SDTV"), is television in which the programmes are ...... China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television ("SARFT") announced its intention to halt analogue broadcasting by 2015 ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (November 30, 2009)

Tax Refugees Stoke Offshore Property Prices

The Sovereign Group

Article by Howard In my last column I ......�� upon retirement or the end of their work contract – in order to avoid the punitive levels of tax ...... national debt to unprecedented levels in a bid to combat the effects of the credit crisis. But ...

Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English - (May 11, 2010)

Clear-Cut Tests Preferred in the Interpretation of Policy Terms - New World Harbourview Hotel Company Limited & Ors v. Ace Insurance Limited & Ors

Mr Tow Lu Lim and Carrie C. Tai - Mayer Brown JSM

Originally published 11 May 2010 Keywords: World Harbourview Hotel, Ace Insurance, insureds, insurers, business ...... directions on a number of issues in dispute between the insureds and their insurers, with ...