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2003-04 tax return issued from today
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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) will from today
(April 1) issue about 150,000 profits tax returns, 100,000 property
tax returns and 245,000 employer's returns for the year 2003-04.
About 1.78 million tax returns for individuals will be issued on
May 3. The return forms and forms for furnishing tax returns have
been approved by the Board of Inland Revenue.
To make the process of return filing easier and simpler, IRD has
redesigned the screen flow of Internet filing service under the
Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) Scheme. There are also new features
introduced this year:
* Retrieval Function
If taxpayers have filed their last year's tax return under the ESD
Scheme, they can retrieve the data of that return for "pre-completing"
their electronic return for the current year. All they have to do
is to update or amend the appropriate entries. Similarly, this year's
electronic return data will be saved for pre-completing taxpayers'
return for next year.
* Save and Resume Function
If taxpayers are not able to complete all the information for their
electronic tax return in one go, they can save their data temporarily
and retrieve it later for amendment or further completion before
submission to the IRD.
* Viewing and Printing Function
Details of the electronic return submitted under the ESD Scheme
will be stored for two years for taxpayers' subsequent reference.
They may view and print their electronic tax return through the
ESD Scheme anytime during the two-year period.
An IRD spokesman said: "To encourage individual taxpayers to
register with the IRD as a TeleTax user to enjoy the convenience
of filing of tax return any time and anywhere, individual taxpayers
who file tax returns through the Internet or Telefiling are allowed
a two-week automatic extension of time to file their returns."
Registration procedure is stated in the leaflet enclosed with the
returns. Taxpayers can visit the IRD web site www.ird.gov.hk for
common questions and answers on how to complete the returns.
The spokesman also reminded taxpayers to file their correct tax
returns in good time.
Ends/Thursday, April 1, 2004
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