Collaboration between PolyU SPEED and TIHK to promote professional education of taxation

Recognising the increasing importance of taxation practice in Hong Kong, the School of Professional Education and Executive Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU SPEED) and The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK) intend to enter into a range of collaborations so as to promote the education of taxation and uphold Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre. Accordingly, Ms Karmen Yeung, President of TIHK, and Dr Jack Lo, Director of PolyU SPEED, signed a memorandum of understanding to confirm the collaboration on 2 June 2016. 

PolyU SPEED will offer revision courses to practitioners and PolyU SPEED graduates, among others, to help them prepare for the public examinations leading to the professional designation of Certified Tax Adviser (CTA) offered by TIHK. PolyU SPEED will start providing revision courses which would be held tentatively in September 2016 for the CTA Examinations. The two parties will also explore collaborations in research and scholarly activities in relation to taxation policy and practice for enhancing students’ pertinent professional knowledge. 

About PolyU SPEED
Established in 1999, PolyU SPEED is committed to providing lifelong education opportunities for people with different educational needs to acquire higher qualifications. PolyU SPEED offers, in full-time and part-time study modes, a diversity of quality top-up Bachelor’s honours degree programmes leading to PolyU-SPEED awards, and through its collaboration with PolyU Faculties / Departments, programmes leading to PolyU awards. It also collaborates with renowned overseas  institutions, namely University of London International Programmes for offering the preparatory courses leading to its law degree and Northumbria University (UNN) for offering top-up honours degree programmes leading to the university’s awards in Hong Kong. PolyU SPEED also offers a wide array of short courses to provide learning opportunities for individuals for enhancing personal competitiveness and career advancement.

About TIHK
The TIHK was incorporated in 1972 by a group of professionals with the main objectives of promoting the study of taxation, serving as a forum for the exchange of taxation knowledge and enhancing the standard of tax professionals. At present the TIHK has more than 2,600 members

In 2010, the TIHK launched its first CTA qualifying examination in order to enhance the standard of tax professionals. The TIHK by now has over 2,200 CTAs. In order to become a CTA, a candidate has to pass the following 5 papers:
Paper 1 – Accounting and Finance
Paper 2 – Hong Kong Tax
Paper 3 – International Tax
Paper 4 – PRC Tax
Paper 5 – Advanced Taxation Practice