Questionnaire on the influence of GST to the ICT industry

Part one – Personal Data

Company : (required for member identifiation purpose)

Email : (required for member identifiation purpose)

1. Are your company business related to ICT industry?
Yes No (End the questionnaire)

2. Are you HKITF members?
Yes No

Part two – From a macro-economic standpoint to view GST

3. Do you think that GST will benefit business performance in local market?
 Yes No No comment

4. Do you agree that GST will not be incompatible with Hong Kong’s external competitiveness?
 Yes No No comment

5. Do you consent that GST is the best option to broaden the tax base?
 Yes No No comment

6. Is GST a fair tax?
 Yes No No comment

Part three – From the views of an ICT practitioner to look at GST

7. Does your company business related to e-business or electronic transactions?
 Yes No (Go to Question 9)

8. What the extent of influence on your company business you expect?

Positive
Neutral
Negative
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2
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9. Do you consider that GST will benefit the growth of your company business?
 Yes No (Go to Question 11) No comment (Go to Question 11)

10. What the extent of the business change you forecast?

Very strong
Neutral
Very week
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11 . Do you think your business revenues will be affected by GST

Positively
Neutral
Negatively
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12. Can you estimate the compliance costs of GST of your business
(i) Total for the first 3 years.HK$
(ii) For on-going years per annum.HK$

13. Will you purchase less overseas software licensing after applying GST?
 Yes No Remain unchanged

14. Do you think that the R&D activities of ICT technologies will be removed from Hong Kong to Mainland China or other Asian Countries after applying GST?
 Yes No Remain unchanged

Welcome for your opinions on GST if you would like to voice out. (250 words or less)