About Us

Hong Qing & Co., CPAs

  • Vision:To become your business think tank and guide throughout your life and operations, making both business and life better!

  • Mission:To focus on our expertise and serve as a business think tank, specializing in solving accounting, tax, and business challenges to help our clients operate efficiently.

  • History & Development:Founded in 2004 by CPA Chuck Lu in the Hsinchu area, our firm has been dedicated to serving Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for 20 years. As our business grew, we expanded from bookkeeping, auditing and attestation, tax filing, business registration, and business valuation to consulting services. We further established our affiliate, “Hong Qing Consulting & Valuation Ltd." and continued to broaden our scope to include IPO advisory, ESG assurance, and ESG consulting, supporting our clients' continuous growth and success. Currently, we have a team of over 20 professionals covering a wide range of specialized services. Our firm upholds the values of "Professionalism, Integrity, Growth, Sharing, and Altruism," striving to be the most trusted professional partner for every enterprise.

Services

Best Services

Primary services include

  • Consultation on corporate laws, investment regulations, and tax planning.
  • Registration for the establishment or changes of companies and sole proprietorships.
  • Registration for the establishment or changes of factories.
  • Application and renewal of various special licenses and permits.
  • Dissolution, liquidation, and cancellation of registration for companies and businesses.
  • Consultation on fundraising and equity structure changes.
  • Consultation on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and organizational restructuring.
  • Processing and consultation for foreign and Mainland China investments.
  • Taiwan trademark registration applications.

Primary services include

  • Bookkeeping services, establishment of accounting books, and preparation of financial statements.
  • Business tax (VAT) filing and purchase of uniform invoices.
  • Profit-Seeking Enterprise Income Tax settlement filing.
  • Undistributed earnings tax filing.
  • Payroll and various types of income tax withholding and filing.
  • Provisional tax payment filing.
  • Individual Income Tax Filing

Primary types of attestation services include

  • Financial statement audit and attestation.
  • Income tax return audit and attestation.
  • Capital contribution audit and attestation.
  • Business tax (Direct Deduction Method) audit and attestation.
  • Special audit and attestation for government grants/subsidies.
  • Assurance of non-historical financial information, including greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.
  • Special audit for escrow/price trusts.
  • Special review of internal controls.
  • Special purpose audits.
  • Agreed-upon procedures (AUP).

Our professional services include

  • Consultation on labor laws and system establishment.
  • Operations for Health Insurance, Labor Insurance, and Pensions (Social Insurance).
  • Payroll calculation.
  • Overtime and bonus calculation.
  • Electronic distribution of payslips.
  • Individual income tax filing for foreign employees.
  • Severance reporting and notification.
  • Issuance of withholding and non-withholding certificates.
  • Filing of various types of income.

Primary Service Content

  • Feasibility assessment and recommendations for public issuance and listing (Mainboard/OTC).
  • Guidance and establishment of internal control and internal audit systems.
  • Accounting adjustments and system establishment.
  • Equity and management rights maintenance planning.
  • Professional training for financial accounting and internal audit personnel.
  • Consulting and guidance for administrative procedures during the public issuance stage.
  • Consulting and guidance for application procedures for listing (Mainboard/OTC).
  • Diagnostic assessment of conditions unsuitable for listing (Mainboard/OTC).
  • Regulatory checklists as required by competent authorities.

Our firm provides the following services regarding foreign investment in Taiwan

  • Legal consulting for investing in Taiwan (including Company Act, tax laws, labor regulations, etc.)
  • Planning and establishment of corporate entities (subsidiaries, branch offices, and representative offices)
  • Application for investment permits in Taiwan
  • Application for verification of investment amounts
  • Application for capital increase or reduction for investments in Taiwan
  • Consulting and application for share transfers for investments in Taiwan
  • Registration of companies and factories
  • Business registration with the National Taxation Bureau
  • Filing of value-added and non-value-added business taxes (VAT)
  • Consulting and filing for Profit-Seeking Enterprise Income Tax
  • Accounting and bookkeeping services
  • Consulting and application for tax incentives
  • Payroll outsourcing services
  • Consulting and filing for Individual Income Tax for foreign nationals

Investment Applications from Mainland China
Our firm provides the following services regarding Mainland Chinese investment in Taiwan

  • Legal consulting for investing in Taiwan (including Company Act, tax laws, labor regulations, etc.)
  • Planning and establishment of corporate entities (subsidiaries, branch offices, and representative offices)
  • Agency services for investment applications in Taiwan
  • Verification and application for investment amounts
  • Company establishment registration
  • Business registration with the National Taxation Bureau
  • Accounting and bookkeeping services
  • Factory establishment
  • Filing of value-added and non-value-added business taxes (VAT)
  • Filing for Profit-Seeking Enterprise Income Tax
  • Consulting and application for tax incentives
  • Payroll outsourcing services
  • Individual Income Tax filing for personnel stationed in Taiwan

Scope of Consulting Services

  • Consulting on accounting standards and financial reporting
  • Tax filing and tax-saving planning for various categories
  • Consulting on tax incentives and cross-border taxation
  • Corporate structure and outbound investment planning
  • Transfer pricing reports for related-party transactions
  • Expert opinion letters regarding corporate investments
  • Financial analysis and auditing
  • Guidance for IPOs and public issuance

Scope of Consulting Services

  • Valuation of equity and asset acquisitions or disposals
  • Fair value assessment of labor costs for employee stock options recognized in accounting
  • Impairment assessment of asset value
  • Overall corporate equity value assessment

Major Service Content

  • Guidance and compilation of sustainability reports
  • Recommendations for internal control systems related to the management of sustainability information
  • Assurance of sustainability reports (Sustainability Indicators)
  • Guidance for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory
  • Assurance of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory reports
Team

Service Team

Jen-Chi Lu
(Chuck)
Managing Partner

Education

  • Master of Accounting, Chung Yuan Christian University (2000)
  • Completed Law Credits Program, National Taiwan University
  • Bachelor of Accounting, Feng Chia University

Experience

  • Independent Director of listed (Mainboard/OTC) companies
  • Member of Remuneration Committees for listed companies
  • Member of Sustainable Development and Risk Management Committees for listed companies
  • Director, Hong Qing Consulting & Valuation Ltd.
  • Director, Fonf-Chair Green Energy Co., Ltd.
  • Lecturer, Chung Yuan Christian University
  • Lecturer, National Open University
  • Lecturer, China University of Technology
  • Assistant Manager, Deloitte Taiwan

Professional Qualifications

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (1997)
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (1998)
  • Certified Professional Bookkeeper (2014)
  • Certified Business Valuer, Chinese Intangible Asset & Business Valuation Association (CAIABV)
  • ISO 14064-1 Organizational Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Lead Verifier
  • Carbon Health Check Service Advisor, Commerce Development Research Institute (CDRI)
Hsin-Neng Tsai
(Angus)
CPA

Education

  • Master of Accounting, Chung Yuan Christian University (2000)
  • Bachelor of Accounting, Soochow University

Experience

  • Member of the Sustainable Development Committee, Taiwan Provincial CPA Association
  • Independent Director of listed (Mainboard/OTC) companies
  • Deputy Division Chief, Taipei Exchange (TPEx)
  • Associate Researcher, Securities and Futures Institute (SFI)
  • Assistant Manager, Financial Planning Department, Eastern Broadcasting Co. (EBC)
  • Lecturer, National Open University
  • Auditor, KPMG Taiwan

Professional Qualifications

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (1999)
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (2004)
  • Lecturer Certificate issued by the Ministry of Education
  • Patent Agent Certificate
  • Certified Business Valuer, Chinese Intangible Asset & Business Valuation Association (CAIABV)
  • ISO 14064-1 Organizational Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Lead Verifier
  • Carbon Health Check Service Advisor, Commerce Development Research Institute (CDRI)