日經報導內地徵港漂稅引發不滿，或爆逃港潮。住宅租盤有壓力？ #愛國 #義務

Mainland professionals living and working in Hong Kong and Macao have been asked to pay additional Chinese income tax starting this year, a move some say risks triggering an exodus of talent in the two special administrative regions.

Several employees at state-owned banks told the Nikkei Asian Review they had been urged by management to file tax returns to mainland authorities by June.

"I think a lot of people will move back to China," the analyst said. "It doesn't make sense to live in such an expensive place when you have to pay high mainland tax at the same time."

To cushion the financial impact to mainland employees, the man said his bank is now offering no-interest loans to people affected by the new policy as well as considering reimbursing the additional payments.

"Previously, the collection of taxes derived from overseas incomes of Chinese nationals was not easy because of the difficulties in tracing the overseas information," said Rebecca Wong, a China tax partner at PwC. But the application of a 2017 international agreement among 100 some governments -- including both Hong Kong and China -- that established a common reporting standard for sharing information on the financial accounts of foreign individuals and companies has given mainland authorities more to work with.

"To spend on the aid for Africa? To buy expensive petroleum in Russia, or to provide loans to India? Is the government really ours?" he asked.