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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) today (Sep 4) alerted members of the public to tax audit notices purportedly issued by the IRD, which seek to trick recipients into downloading files with viruses via a hyperlink in the emails.
The IRD has no connection with the emails and reminded members of the public not to open suspicious emails or visit hyperlinks provided in such emails.

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) today (Aug 25) appealed to members of the public not to download the eTAX Mobile Application from any unofficial channels. The eTAX Mobile Application is currently available only on the Apple App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery platforms.

For enquiries, members of the public may contact the IRD’s enquiry hotline at 1878088 or email to taxinfo@ird.gov.hk.

The Inland Revenue Department today (Jul 22) alerted members of the public to fraudulent emails purportedly sent by an Assistant Commissioner of Inland Revenue, which seek to obtain recipients' email account passwords via a hyperlink provided to download their “tax invoice” for the purpose of settling their outstanding tax.
The Department has no connection with the emails and reminded members of the public not to open suspicious emails or visit hyperlinks provided in such emails.

Subsequent to the press release on June 30, the Inland Revenue Department today (Jul 6) learnt that members of the public still received similar fraudulent emails and alerted members of the public to “final notices relating to pending legal prosecution for unpaid profits tax” purportedly issued by the Department, which seek to trick the recipients into installing unknown software by requesting the recipients to submit supporting documents via a hyperlink in the emails within 48 hours.
The Department has no connection with the emails and reminded members of the public not to open suspicious emails or visit hyperlinks provided in such emails.

As a transitional administrative measure, the Department agrees that taxpayers who are eligible for the tax exemption or concession proposed under the Amendment Bill may submit their tax returns for the year of assessment 2025/26 on that basis.  The Amendment Bill is subject to scrutiny by the Legislative Council.  Taxpayers are reminded to watch out for the latest development upon enactment of the Amendment Bill and if necessary, notify the Department in writing of any corresponding revision required to their submitted tax returns.

The BTP has been enhanced to allow authorized representatives of non-Hong Kong companies and more eligible persons as the RP to register for a BTP Business Account.  Details can be found on the IRD’s dedicated webpage at www.ird.gov.hk/eng/tax/bus_btp.htm#a04.

The webpage on global minimum tax and Hong Kong minimum top-up tax for multinational enterprise groups has been updated to provide the GIR XML Schema and user guides for preparing a GIR data file to the Department.  From now on, Part 4AA Entity can prepare test data file of GIR and submit it to the Pillar Two Portal for validation testing purpose.