Question: Question 2 (30 marks) Randy Chan (Randy) was a British-born Chinese whose home base was in the UK. He commenced his employment with Dragon PLC

Question 2 (30 marks) Randy Chan (Randy") was a

Question 2 (30 marks) Randy Chan (Randy") was a British-born Chinese whose home base was in the UK. He commenced his employment with Dragon PLC (Dragon), a company incorporated in the UK, as the Asian Regional Marketing Manager of Dragon's branch office in Hong Kong on 1 April 2019. One of his duties was to travel over Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia to oversee Dragon's business in these countries. His employment contract was negotiated and concluded in London. Randy's remuneration was remitted to Randy's bank account maintained in London in Hong Kong Dollars. Randy's travelling schedule in Asia during the year of assessment 2019/20 has been extracted as follows: Year Date Place of Stay Purpose of Stay 2019 1 Apr - 12 Apr 16 May - 23 Jul 15 Aug - 30 Aug 5 Sep - 20 Sep 7 Oct - 19 Oct 17 Nov - 2 Dec 20 Jan - 2 Feb 7 Mar - 31 Mar Hong Kong Business Hong Kong Business and 5 days of Annual Leave Hong Kong Business Malaysia/Indonesia Business Hong Kong Business Hong Kong Business Singapore/Taiwan/Japan Business and 10 days of Annual Leave Hong Kong Business 2020 The following information relates to Randy for the year of assessment 2019/20 (all amounts are denominated in Hong Kong dollars): (1) Dragon paid Randy a basic salary of $100,000 per month. Randy contributed 5% of this salary to the MPF. (2) Entertainment Allowance of $20,000 per month was paid in cash to Randy by Dragon. (3) Randy's total utility bills amounted to $35,000. Out of which $20,000 was reimbursed by Dragon PLC. (4) During Randy's time in Hong Kong, he stayed in a serviced apartment at a monthly rental of $20,000. This was paid for by Dragon directly to the serviced apartment vendor company. (5) Dragon made a total payment of $120,000 to cover the university fees of Randy's daughter. His daughter is aged 18 and was studying full-time at a university in Coventry, UK in the year of assessment. Randy's son is aged 23, graduated in 2017 and now working as a freelance designer in the UK. (6) Dragon provided a company car and a driver for Randy's use when visiting customers in Hong Kong. The cost of the company car was $200,000. The driver was hired by Dragon at $10,000 per month. Total petrol and maintenance costs amounted to $20,000 for the year. All costs were borne by Dragon

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