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Why is Governor eligible for HKG allowances if he is not a HK civil servant?
A4:
The Governoris
follathé appointment
applicable to overseas officers on agreement.
Q5:
When was the exemption introduced?
HKC
A5 :
The exemption was introduced in 1940 when taxation of earnings and profits was first introduced by the War Revenue Ordinance. It was carried over into the Inland Revenue ordinanec, first enacted in 1947.
Q6: .Is the Governor exempt from tax because
Sovereign's representative in Hong Kong?"
A6 :
New
he is the
the Governor
The current exemption enjoyed by the extension of Crown privilege. The exemption is made the Inland Revenue effective by the provisions of
Ordinance.
97:
If the Queen is going to pay
Governor, too?
tax should not
the
A7 :
we
will
review the
position
when the
As stated, Memorandum on the Queen's position has been published
in the year.
This will not
De
later in
completely straight-forward overcise. The Queen has agreed to way that derived from her tax on one part of her income
private investments. The Governor is exempt from tax on salary income, which the Queen does not receive.
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