Xu Zhengyu: Hong Kong plans to relax the stamp duty concession criteria for associated corporations, lowering the equity holding threshold from 90% to 75%.

Zhito Finance APP has learned that on October 14, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Christopher Hui, moved the second reading of the Stamp Duty (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2026 at a Legislative Council meeting. The Bill aims to implement the proposals in the 2026-2027 Budget by relaxing the stamp duty relief criteria for intra-group asset transfers among associated corporations.