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Interest on Tax Reserve Certificates
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Government Gazette published on September
2, 2005 contains a Legal Notice to the effect that the Secretary
for Financial Services and the Treasury has authorised a change
in the rate of interest payable on Tax Reserve Certificates. As
from September 5, 2005, the new annual rate of interest will be
1.8500% as against the current rate of 1.6000%, that is the new
rate will be $0.1541 per month per $100.
Tax Reserve Certificates bear simple interest and
interest is calculated monthly (including part of a month) from
the date of purchase to the date of payment of tax.
Interest is only credited when certificates are used
to pay tax and no interest is due where the principal value of a
certificate is repaid to its holder.
The rate of interest payable on Tax Reserve Certificates
is periodically revised in line with the market trend. Currently,
it is reviewed every month based on the average of the prevailing
six-month time deposit interest rates for $100,000 offered by the
three note-issuing banks.
The new rate will apply to all certificates purchased
on or after September 5, 2005. Certificates which were purchased
before September 5, 2005 will continue to earn interest at the rates
prevailing on their respective purchase dates. More interest rate
information can be found in the Inland Revenue Department website
www.ird.gov.hk. The public
can also obtain a copy of Tax Reserve Certificate Interest Rate
Table from our 24-hour information hotline at 1878033. What follows
is a summary of the interest rates for the past months:
for certificates purchased on or
after
December 6, 2004 and before March 7, 2005, |
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0.1250%
per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
March 7, 2005 and before April 4, 2005, |
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0.2000% per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
April 4, 2005 and before May 3, 2005, |
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0.5000% per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
May 3, 2005 and before June 6, 2005, |
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0.7500% per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
June 6, 2005 and before August 1, 2005, |
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1.0833% per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
August 1, 2005 and before September 5, 2005; and |
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1.6000% per annum |
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for certificates purchased on or after
September 5, 2005 until further notice. |
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1.8500% per annum |
This is always subject to the general rule that interest
ceases to accrue after 36 complete months.
Ends/Saturday, September 3, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:04
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