Business Registration in Hong Kong

The Business Registration Ordinance requires every person who carries on a business in Hong Kong to apply for business registration within 1 month from the date of commencement of the business and to display a valid Business Registration Certificate at the place of business. If the registered particulars of the business have changed, the business operator has to notify the IRD in writing within 1 month of the change.


In order to operate a company in Hong Kong, you need to meet several complicated criteria. For starters, you're required by law to have a local resident company secretary. You also need a local registered address and maintain an auditor.

In this light, it's clear that you need a company secretary in Hong Kong, but how does this service benefit you in other ways? Ways that go beyond merely complying with the law.

Renewal of Business Registration
For registered business, a business registration renewal demand note will be sent by the Business Registration Office approximately in the middle of the month preceding the commencement month of the renewal Business Registration Certificate.  For example, if the renewal Business Registration Certificate will commence in May, the Business Registration Office will issue the demand note in mid-April. Upon payment, the demand note will become a valid Business Registration Certificate. If you do not receive such a demand note, you should inform the Commissioner in writing within 1 month of the expiry of your current Business Registration Certificate.

There are two types of business registration certificates, namely a 1-year certificate, and a 3-year certificate. Except for the first registration certificate of local companies, the amount payable under a certificate depends on the commencement date of the registration certificate. For a new business other than a local company, the commencement date of its first registration certificate is its date of commencement of business, not the date of application for business or branch registration.






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