On 1 February 2019, Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced that effective from 1 April 2019, the department will not accept voluntary filing of a CbC Return for an accounting period ended on or before 31 March 2018.
Under section 58E(2) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, a Hong Kong ultimate parent entity may voluntarily file a country-by-country (CbC) return in respect of an accounting period beginning on or after 1 January 2016 but before 1 January 2018 by the filing deadline, which is the date on which a period of 12 months after the end of the accounting period expires.
Pursuant to bilateral exchange arrangements, Hong Kong should exchange CbC Reports with treaty partners within 18 months after the end of an accounting period commencing in 2016, or 15 months after the end of an accounting period commencing in 2017.
