Cross-border online tax payment platform introduced in Hengqin

Taxpayers from Hong Kong and Macau can now pay their taxes via a new online tax payment platform introduced yesterday in Hengqin, according to the press release by the Zhuhai Hengqin New Area Local Taxation Bureau.
The new tax payment system allows non-resident taxpayers to pay tax through video chat at home and to receive tax receipts either to be printed or receive it through mail.
Hengqin is the first district equipped with the new tax payment method.
Prior to the introduction of the new system, taxpayers are requested to approach the tax bureau for the tax payment, which would spend almost an afternoon, according to a taxpayer from Macau surnamed Su, as revealed in the press release.
There are currently 1,500 taxpayers from Hong Kong and Macau, according to the Bureau.
The Chinese Bureau also disclosed that some 860 firms from Macau have registered in Hengqin and 628 are companies from Hong Kong.
As such, some 60 per cent of property buyers in Hengqin are from both SARs.