The new fiscal and tax policies for the year 026 have been fully implemented, with stricter policy guidelines, intensified audits, and more detailed eligibility criteria for tax incentives. Many business owners are still keeping books and filing taxes the old way—failing to claim tax incentives they’re clearly eligible for while inadvertently falling into traps they should have avoided. As a result, money is quietly slipping away—ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands—and they may even face back taxes, fines, and damage to their credit records. This article is packed with practical, actionable advice you can implement right away. After reading it, you’ll be able to conduct a self-audit and help “recover” the excess taxes you’ve overpaid.

Should you use a Hong Kong company or a mainland company to do cross-border e-commerce? The answer is not which one is “better”, but which one is more suitable for you.

This article is an in-depth comparison of the 4 dimensions of cross-border collections, tax costs, platform compliance, and capital flexibility to help you find the most suitable solution for your subject.

With effect from April 1, 2026, the Hong Kong Business Registration Levy resumed full collection.

The reductions and exemptions enjoyed over the past few years due to the outbreak are officially over, and the cost of new registrations has gone up. The window for early registration has closed and the starting price is now the new standard.

At the same time, the whole process of Hong Kong company registration does not need to go to Hong Kong, 3-5 working days can be completed. However, registration is only the first step, the subsequent annual review, audit, tax return, bank account opening is the key to long-term compliance.

In this article, we systematically sort out the latest fees, complete process, annual maintenance costs and common pitfalls of Hong Kong company registration in 2026 to help you clear up at once.

The Hong Kong corporate profits tax rate tops out at 16.51 TP3T, but profits generated offshore - for which an exemption can be legally claimed - are taxed at a reduced rate of 01 TP3T.

This is the core principle of Hong Kong's tax system: territorial source taxation.

For cross-border e-commerce sellers, your purchases are in the Mainland, your customers are in Europe and the United States, and your goods do not pass through Hong Kong - these profits are essentially unrelated to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) allows you to apply for an “offshore exemption” and legally not pay this tax.

However, 90% sellers have never applied. Either they didn't know about the policy or they knew about it but didn't know how to do it.

This article systematically dismantles the application requirements, supporting materials, approval process and common misunderstandings of the offshore exemption to help you get back the tax you should not have paid.

A cross-border boss registered a Hong Kong company with a shared address of a registration center. The account was used for a year and a half, and one day suddenly received an Amazon email:

“It has come to our attention that there are compliance issues with your account, official proof of company address is required ......”

What followed was a lengthy complaint process. The final result: the account was permanently suspended and the $100,000 payment for the goods was held for 180 days.

Little did he know that Amazon was already using an AI system to verify the authenticity of registered addresses in Hong Kong.