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Santo Accountancy Services Limited
A family accounting practice, now in its third generation. Founded by Jimmy Lam's grandfather and led today by Jimmy as director. Audit, tax, accounts, payroll and company secretarial work, handled under one roof in Mong Kok, by people who know your company from one year to the next.
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How we work
A first conversation
What the company does, what is due, and what has gone wrong before, if anything.
A written quote
Agreed before any work starts, so the cost is not a surprise.
An engagement letter
What we will do, what we need from you, and by when.
The work, reviewed by the director
Every set of accounts and every return is checked before it leaves the office.
Filing and follow-up
Filed on time, and next year's dates diarised, so the next deadline is on our calendar before it is on yours.
About the firm
Santo has been in the family for three generations — founded by Jimmy's grandfather, carried on by the next generation, and led today by Jimmy. It serves Hong Kong private companies from its office in Mong Kok. Audit, tax, accounting and company secretarial work are handled in one place, so a year end is one conversation, not four.
Most of our clients are owner-managed companies. They want to know what is due, what it will cost, and whether anything is wrong. We tell them plainly, and in good time.
- DirectorLam Hok Jun
- OfficeMong Kok, Kowloon
- LanguagesChinese and English
- LicenceLicensed trust and company service provider
Our services
Audit and assuranceStatutory audits for Hong Kong private companies, prepared under SME-FRS.
TaxProfits tax, salaries tax and personal assessment. We also handle enquiries and field audits from the IRD.
Accounting and bookkeepingBooks kept through the year, management accounts, and year-end accounts ready for audit.
Payroll and MPFPayroll records, the Employer's Return, IR56 forms and monthly MPF contributions.
Company secretarialAnnual returns, statutory registers, the significant controllers register, and changes of officers.
Company formationNew Hong Kong companies, from choosing the name to the first board meeting.
AdvisoryThe question asked before a transaction, rather than the clean-up after it.
Who we work with
- Owner-managed companiesThe yearly cycle of audit, profits tax and annual return, plus someone to ask when a question comes up.
- New companies and start-upsIncorporation, a sensible first year end, and books set up properly from day one.
- Trading and import/export businessesStock, foreign-currency accounts and the question of whether profits are sourced in Hong Kong.
- Holding and investment companiesAccounts and filings for companies that mainly hold property, shares or other investments.
- Overseas owners of Hong Kong companiesA company secretary and registered office in Hong Kong, and filings kept on time from a distance.
- Sole proprietors and partnershipsBusiness registration, bookkeeping and the tax return, without the paperwork of a company.
Why Santo
- Three generations of one family, since Jimmy's grandfather founded the practice.
- The person you speak to is the person who does the work.
- Audit, tax, accounts and company secretarial work under one roof.
- Chinese and English, spoken and written.
- Deadlines tracked for you, not left for you to remember.
Licensed trust and company service provider
The compliance calendar
A Hong Kong company has the same filings every year, including the profits tax return, the employer's return, the annual return and MPF each month. We keep the dates for each client, tell you what we need in good time, and file before the deadline.
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Profits tax estimator
Move a slider and see your Hong Kong profits tax change: the two-tiered rates, losses brought forward, offshore or FSIE claims and the year's one-off reduction — with every line of the calculation shown.
Client resources
- Filing deadlinesThe Hong Kong compliance year, month by month.
- Year-end: what we need from youBank statements, invoices, payroll and anything unusual.
- Starting a companyWho you need, what is filed, and the first eighteen months.
- Notes on accounting and taxShort, plain pieces on the questions clients ask most.
- Questions clients askAudits, deadlines, dormant companies, fees and more.
Visit us
- OfficeFlat 1, 11/F., Island Centre, 470 Reclamation Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Santo Accountancy Services Limited on Google Maps → - Telephone2384 9924 · 2771 7026
- Fax2374 0577
- Emailsantoaccountancy@yahoo.com.hk
Tell us about your company: what it does, its year end, and what is coming up. We will tell you what is needed and what it will cost.