You’ve finally decided to register a company in Hong Kong. Maybe it’s to receive cross-border payments, maybe it’s to expand your brand overseas, or maybe your clients require you to have an overseas entity. But company registration is just the first step—the real headache comes next: opening a bank account.

Many people assume that once a company is registered in Hong Kong, it will automatically be granted a bank account. This may be the biggest misconception you have about Hong Kong’s financial system. In Hong Kong, the Companies Registry (CR) and the banking system are two completely separate entities. While company registration only requires a complete set of documents, opening a bank account involves the bank reviewing far more than just a Business Registration Certificate.

这个案例，揭开了CRS时代全球税务透明化的残酷一角。很多老板以为的“安全港”，其实早已联网。

如果你关注过头部跨境卖家的公司架构，会发现一个共同点：几乎每家都在香港注册了公司。

这不是跟风。从深圳到广州，从佛山到东莞，我们服务过的年销2000万以上的卖家，注册香港公司的比例这两年直线上升。原因很简单——当跨境生意做到一定规模，国内个人卡收汇、买单出口那套老办法走不通了，而香港公司恰好能解决几个最要命的问题。

但很多人对香港公司有误解，以为”注册个香港公司就合规了”。不是的。香港公司怎么用、用在哪个环节，决定了它是”合规利器”还是”摆设”。

In today’s article, Qicaiying will explain in detail what problems a Hong Kong company actually solves, as well as how to use it to ensure full compliance.

How do you claim an export tax refund without input invoices? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in the cross-border e-commerce industry.

Many sellers take the customs declaration forms provided by their freight forwarders to the tax office to claim a tax refund, only to be turned away at the counter with a single question: ”Where’s the input tax invoice?”—leaving them completely dumbfounded on the spot. The goods were clearly purchased by them and were actually exported—so why should a single invoice block their path to a tax refund?

In today’s article, we’ll thoroughly explain whether you can get a tax refund without a ticket and offer you three practical solutions.

先说结论：没有进项票，出口退税这条路走不通。但”退不了税”不等于”没有合规方案”——下文三条出路，总有一条适合你。

Compliance in cross-border e-commerce has now entered its third generation. In the first generation, businesses made money by exporting goods under someone else’s name, capitalizing on information asymmetries and tax differentials; however, with the launch of the Golden Tax Phase IV system, this approach has essentially become unviable; The […]