專項資格(破產重整)持有人
Q1. | Can my contact details as a holder of SD (Insolvency) be different from my contact details as a CPA? |
In this connection, please update your new employment details in the Members' area in this website. As an alternative, you may write to the Institute or complete and return a duly signed membership record amendment coupon by post to the Institute’s Membership & Admission department or fax to (852) 2575-6852 for change of your correspondence address.
No, you can advise the Institute of your new correspondence address and other contact details in the members' area of the Institute's website or by completing and returning a membership record amendment coupon.
There is no handling charge or postage for this service.
Q6. | If I resign as a holder of SD(Insolvency) effective from January 2019, do I need to pay the RIF annual membership fee for 2019 if I would like to continue to be an RIF member? |
Q7. | Do I need to be working in the insolvency field at the time when I submit my renewal of SD (Insolvency)? |
No. You do not need to be working in the insolvency field at renewal of the SD (Insolvency) but you need to fulfil the requirements for continuing work experience in the field of insolvency in each four-year period after being awarded the SD (Insolvency). Please refer to the renewal requirements for details.
Q8. | At the time of my first renewal of SD (Insolvency), do I need to have 200 qualifying hours in the field of insolvency, including 50 hours of higher experience? |
No. The renewal requirement on continuing work experience in the field of insolvency is 800 qualifying hours obtained in Hong Kong, including 200 hours of higher experience,in each four-year period after being awarded the SD (Insolvency). The four-year period is not counted on a rolling basis. From 2015 on wards, the four-year period is counted on a mid-year basis, starting in the year that the person becomes a holder of SD (Insolvency). Below is an illustration for an SD (Insolvency) holder who obtained the SD in December 2011:
Dec 2011 – Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 – Jun 2019 | Jul 2019 –Jun 2023 | |
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1st 4-year period | 800 qualifying hours obtained in Hong Kong, including 200 hours of higher experience | ||
2nd 4-year period | 800 qualifying hours obtained in Hong Kong, including 200 hours of higher experience | ||
3rd 4-year period | 800 qualifying hours obtained in Hong Kong, including 200 hours of higher experience |
An online SD (Insolvency) register is available on the Institute's website. For information, the full name of a member, as indicated in the Hong Kong identity card or passport of the member, is registered in our membership database and online register. You may therefore check the existing SD (Insolvency) status of an individual directly from our website.
In case written certification is required, under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in Hong Kong, the Institute cannot disclose personal details of members to third parties with outtheir written consent. If a written certification is required, please send a signed written request along with a written consent from the individual concerned, (preferably with membership number) and a handling charge of HK$50 to us for our processing.
Q10. | I have lost contact with my friend who is an SD (Insolvency) holder of the Institute, please give me his contact telephone number. |
Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in Hong Kong, the Institute cannot disclose personal details of our members to third parties without his/ her consent.