Hong Kong to launch APA programme

March 31 2012

Hong Kong’s Commissioner of Inland Revenue (CIR) announced during a public seminar in February 2012 that the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is preparing to launch an advance pricing arrangement (APA) programme starting in April 2012. Philip Wong and Petrina Chang of Deloitte in Hong Kong provide a break-down of the new facility.

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