Bills Committee on
Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2000

Fourth Meeting on
Thursday, 13 November 2003, at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes of previous meetings
(4:30 pm - 4:35 pm)

Dates of meetingLC Paper No.

6 November 2000

CB(1)345/00-01

20 November 2000

CB(1)362/00-01

4 December 2000

CB(1)572/00-01

II.Meeting with the Administration
(4:35 pm - 6:25 pm)

Papers

   Paper No./Ref.

Paper provided by the Administration on "Results of the Consultations and Effects of the Proposed Committee Stage Amendments"

   LC Paper CB(1)7/03-04 (01)
(issued on 2 October 2003)

Revised proposed Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration on 7 November 2003

   LC Paper CB(1)303/03-04 (01)
(issued on 11 November 2003)

Marked-up copy of revised proposed Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration on 7 November 2003

   LC Paper CB(1)303/03-04 (02)
(issued on 12 November 2003)

Summary of deputations' concerns (Covering deputations who have agreed to release their submissions to the public)

   LC Paper CB(1)303/03-04 (03)
(issued on 11 November 2003)

Summary of deputations' concerns(Covering deputatons who have advised that their submissions should not be released to the public)

   LC Paper CB(1)303/03-04 (04)
(issued on 11 November 2003)

III.Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

(A list of other relevant papers and submissions previously issued is in the Appendix to agenda.)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 November 2003

Appendix to Agenda

List of other relevant papers issued previously



Papers

   Paper No./Ref.

Bill gazetted on 5 October 2000

   LC Paper No. CB(3)29/00-01
(issued on 4 October 2000)

Legislative Council Brief

   File Ref: FIN CR 1/2306/00
(issued by the Finance Bureauon 29 September 2000)

Legal Service Division Report

   LC Paper No. LS8/00-01
(issued on 16 October 2000)

Marked-up copy of the Bill

   LC Paper No. CB(1)129/00-01 (02)
(issued on 3 November 2000)

Correspondence between the Legal Service Division (LSD) and the Administration

   LC Paper No. CB(1)129/00-01 (03)
(issued on 3 November 2000)

Information paper provided by the Administration - Examples of the kinds of avoidance schemes to be addressed with the proposed amendments to section 16(2) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112)

   LC Paper No. CB(1)185/00-01 (01)
(issued on 17 November 2000)

The Administration's response to the concerns raised by the Bills Committee at the 6 and 20 November 2000 meetings

   LC Paper No. CB(1)248/00-01 (07)
(English and Chinese versions issued on 1 and 6 December 2000 respectively)

#Proposed Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration on 25 July 2003

   LC Paper CB(1)2323/02-03 (01)
(issued on 1 August 2003)


# The Administration has provided a set of revised Committee Stage amendments on 7 November 2003.

Papers

   Paper No./Ref.

*PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited

   LC Paper No. CB(1)248/00-01 (01)
(English version only)
(issued on 1 December 2000)

*Supplementary information provided by the PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.

   LC Paper No. CB(1)273/00-01 (03)
(English version only)
(issued on 6 December 2000)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

   LC Paper No. CB(1)248/00-01 (02)
(English and Chinese versionsissued on 1 and 8 December 2000 respectively)

The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong

   CB(1)248/00-01 (03)
(English version only)
(issued on 1 December 2000)

Hong Kong Society of Accountants

   CB(1)248/00-01 (04)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 December 2000)

*The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

   CB(1)248/00-01 (05)
(English version only)
(issued on 1 December 2000)

Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo

   CB(1)248/00-01 (06)
(English version only)
(issued on 1 December 2000)

The Hong Kong Association of Banks

   CB(1)274/00-01
(English version only)
(issued on 6 December 2000)

Hong Kong Bar Association

   CB(1)351/00-01
(English version only)
(issued on 19 December 2000)

Capital Markets Tax Committee of Asia - Hong Kong Chapter

   CB(1)366/00-01
(English version only)
(issued on 22 December 2000)

The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong

   CB(1)510/00-01
(English version only)
(issued on 29 January 2001)


* Deputations who have advised that their submissions should not be released to the public.

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 November 2003