Consequences of not paying Business registration renewal fee

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Approximately 1 month before your Business Registration Certificate (BRC) expires, the Business Registration Office will issue a business registration renewal demand note and will send it to you.

Before you decide not to pay the Business Registration Certificate renewal fee (HK$2,250), you should know what the consequences are. Late renewal would attract a penalty (HK$300). However, any further delay would result in court processing and extra penalties.

 

This is a sample of court order for not paying BRC charged to representatives of the company.

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We recommend to our customers to always pay the BR renewal fee on time. If you wish not to continue with your Hong Kong business, please read “How to de-register a company“.