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VOLUME 19

SECOND SUPPLEMENT

[Note : The latest position of unsettled appeals is shown in either (a) Table of Appeals to Court of First Instance or (b) Table of Appeals to Court of Appeal/Court of Final Appeal. When the final outcome of an appeal is known, the position is set out in either table and will disappear in the next issue of Board of Review Decisions.]

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DIGEST OF CASES REPORTED

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Decision No
 

PENALTY TAX -
 

repeated delay in submitting tax returns ¡ª whether there is reasonable excuse for the delay ¡ª assessment of the additional tax ¡ª whether the assessment is excessive
 

D63/04 (PDF file)

D63/04 (Word file)

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whether additional tax assessment under s 82A of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯) excessive ¡ª whether appellant co-operative with Revenue in the investigation of his tax affairs ¡ª whether case distinguishable from D103/01
 

D65/04 (PDF file)

D65/04 (Word file)

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PROFITS TAX -
 

paintings hang on the walls of barristers¡¯ chambers ¡ª whether ¡®plant¡¯ for the purposes of producing profits in the practice at the Bar ¡ª s 39B of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯)
 

D52/04 (PDF file)

D52/04 (Word file)

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source of profits ¡ª goods manufactured outside Hong Kong by a joint venture company
 

D56/04 (PDF file)

D56/04 (Word file)

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onus wholly on the appellant to show the assessment excessive or incorrect on appeal ¡ª s 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯
 

D57/04 (PDF file)

D57/04 (Word file)

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PROPERTY TAX -
 

late in submitting the notice of appeal ¡ª application for an extension of the time limit of appeal - s 66 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯) ¡ª personal work pressure and busy working and family situation cannot be reasonable cause for the time extension of appeal ¡ª the belief that time extension would be allowed is incorrect. [Decision in Chinese]
 

D54/04 (PDF file)

D54/04 (Word file)

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SALARIES TAX -
 

whether the sums are cash allowance chargeable to tax ¡ª whether the sums are refunds of rent ¡ª ss 9(1)(a), 9(1A)(a) and 68(4) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯) ¡ª the contractual agreement would shed light on whether the sum in question was consideration paid for use of a property
 

D53/04 (PDF file)

D53/04 (Word file)

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secondment ¡ª whether a new contract of employment exists ¡ª whether all services rendered outside Hong Kong ¡ª ss 8(1A)(b),(c) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯)
 

D60/04 (PDF file)

D60/04 (Word file)

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s 9 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (¡®IRO¡¯) ¡ª whether losses arising from the sale of share warrants properly deductible from assessable income ¡ª whether s 9(5) entitled the appellant to make such a deduction ¡ª whether consideration paid for share warrants properly subject to salaries tax
 

D68/04 (PDF file)

D68/04 (Word file)

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housing allowance ¡ª whether bona fide landlord and tenancy relationship
 

D69/04 (PDF file)

D69/04 (Word file)

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