看罷政府最新的財政狀況和任志剛的博文《財政姿態》,筆者不得不提議政府取消薪俸稅。
政府剛公佈二零一七至一八財政年度截至七月底的首四個月,盈餘已高達329億港元,是自一九九九年政府按月公佈收支以來第二高的紀錄。一般來說,政府在財政年度開始時多有赤字:過去十九年,只有零七/零八年及今年,在七月底已有盈餘。零七/零八年盈餘最終是破紀錄的1,237億元,今年可能接近甚或再破紀錄也不出奇。
薪俸稅收入「可有可無」
It was reported in the media that Hong Kong government intended to replace its decades-old flat-rate profit tax system with a two-tier one, with the tax rate for the first HK$ 2 million (Note 1) taxable profit…
一、改善政府運作效率?
The government is too rich to levy salaries tax.
Salaries tax in Hong Kong is levied on employees’ earning. It was introduced in 1940 for raising revenue for supporting the World Wide War II (Note 1), but it remained…
真係好有興趣知道裡面點運作,是不是會先print 個message出來,然後用紙筆草擬答案再由專人打字比我?