{"id":158368,"date":"2026-10-05T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158368"},"modified":"2026-10-05T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:00:08","slug":"hong-kong-lawmakers-say-5-year-tax-incentive-too-short-to-entice-major-innovative-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158368","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong lawmakers say 5-year tax incentive too short to entice major innovative firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong lawmakers have backed the government\u2019s proposed tax incentives for large innovative companies, but many said on Monday that the planned five-year concession period is too short to attract major firms to establish headquarters or expand operations in the city.<br \/>\nChief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu in his policy address last month said the government planned to submit a bill introducing preferential profits tax rates of either 5 per cent or 8.25 per cent, which was half of the city\u2019s standard&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/3369781\/hong-kong-lawmakers-say-5-year-tax-incentive-too-short-entice-major-innovative-firms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong lawmakers have backed the government\u2019s proposed tax incentives for large innovative companies, but many said on Monday that the planned five-year concession&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}