Kenneth Wong, Leader, Tax Controversy Services, PwC Hong Kong

Kenneth is the leader of Hong Kong Tax Controversy Services and also a tax partner in the International Tax and Mergers and Acquisitions group at PwC Hong Kong. He serves a wide range of clients including multi-national corporations and Chinese enterprises mainly in the industrial products, retail and consumer, telecommunications, media and technology industries. Kenneth has extensive experience in Hong Kong and international tax consulting and planning work, including corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax due diligence, IPOs, etc. In addition, he has significant local tax dispute resolution experience and has successfully helped many multinational and listed companies settle tax investigation and Board of Review cases with the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department.

Kenneth is a regular speaker at seminars organised by professional associations like HKICPA, ACCA, CCH and CPA Australia. He has written several articles in the tax column of the ACCA journals and the International Tax Review. He is a committee member and also the Co-Chairman of the Tax Sub-Committee of the ACCA, the ex-President of Institute of Accountants Exchange and a member of the HKICPA and TIHK.

Horace Wan, Senior Manager, Tax Controversy Services, PwC Hong Kong

Horace is a senior manager in the Hong Kong Tax Controversy Services group of PwC Hong Kong. He has ten years of experience in providing tax consulting and compliance services to local, regional, multi-national and listed companies mainly in the e-commerce, travelling, real estate, hotel and retailing industries.  Horace has ample experience in providing tax consulting services on corporate structuring as well as merger and acquisition. He is also experienced in assisting clients in handling profits tax challenges raised by the Inland Revenue Department (“IRD”), handling tax disputes with the IRD as well as assisting clients with tax planning and commercial substance build-up.

Vicky Wong, Senior Manager, Tax Controversy Services, PwC Hong Kong

Vicky is a senior manager of Hong Kong Tax Controversy Services at PwC Hong Kong. She has over ten years of experience in Hong Kong taxation. Before joining PwC in June 2017, Vicky was an Assessor in the Field Audit and Investigation Unit of IRD. She has come across a wide variety of clients including listed companies, MNCs engaged in trading or provision of services and SMEs. Vicky has ample experiences in resolving complicated tax controversies, for instance, source of profits disputes, contracting processing and import processing arrangements, transfer pricing issues and numerous inquiries of technical arguments. Vicky has experience in handling judicial review case, board of review hearing and raid exercise of the IRD.  Vicky graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She also holds a law degree with the University of London.