Exemption from Profits Tax (Debt Instrument Issued by Mainland Local People’s Government at Any Level) Order
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 4 of 2023)
[31 March 2023]
(Omitted as spent—E.R. 4 of 2023)
In this Order—
Mainland (內地) means any part of China other than Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; MLPG debt instrument (地方人民政府債務票據) means a debt instrument issued in Hong Kong by a local people’s government at any level in the Mainland.A person is exempt from the payment of profits tax chargeable under Part 4 of the Ordinance in respect of sums received by, or accrued to, the person as—
interest paid or payable on a MLPG debt instrument;
profits on the sale, or other disposal, of a MLPG debt instrument; or
profits on the redemption, on maturity or presentment, of a MLPG debt instrument.
This section applies in relation to profits tax chargeable for any year of assessment commencing on or after 1 April 2022.