69Legal and accounting activities
法律及會計活動
This division encompasses a range of professional services related to legal and accounting practices. It includes activities such as providing legal advice, representation in legal matters, and various accounting services, including auditing, bookkeeping, and tax preparation.
Groups in this division
Licences and approvals
What this activity needs to operate
Activities under this code trigger the following licensing regimes. Emerhub prepares and files each application on your behalf.
Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) Licence
Companies Registry (Registry for Trust and Company Service Providers)
Required under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Cap. 615) for any person carrying on a business of providing trust or company services in Hong Kong, such as forming companies, acting as nominee director or company secretary, providing registered office addresses or acting as trustee. Applicants and their ultimate owners, partners and directors must pass a fit and proper test; the licence is valid for three years.
Company secretarial and corporate service providers commonly register under this class
Official sourceVerified 2026-07-14
Standard compliance
Compliance every Hong Kong company shares
Beyond anything specific to this activity, every Hong Kong company handles two-tiered profits tax, the annual return (Form NAR1) within 42 days of its incorporation anniversary, audited accounts, MPF enrolment for staff, and a company secretary. Emerhub runs all of it on your behalf.
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Starting a legal and accounting activities business in Hong Kong?
Emerhub incorporates your company, registers the business nature above with the IRD, files every licence application, and runs your company secretary and compliance calendar. You provide the documents; Emerhub handles every government interaction.
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