NOTE 14 - INCOME TAXES

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to the accounting standards that require the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax losses and tax credit carryforwards. Additionally, the accounting standards require the establishment of a valuation allowance to reflect the likelihood of realization of deferred tax assets. The Company and its subsidiaries file separate income tax returns.

United States

Kun Peng International Limited is incorporated in the State of Nevada and is subject to United States federal income tax. No provision for income taxes in the U.S. has been made as the Company has no U.S. taxable income for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

British Virgin Islands

KP International Holding is a holding company organized as an International Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), and its principal operating subsidiaries are organized under the laws of Hong Kong and the laws of the PRC. KP International and its subsidiaries are not subject to income taxes in the BVI.

Hong Kong

The two-tier profits tax rates system was introduced under the Inland Revenue (Amendment)(No.3) Ordinance 2018 (“the Ordinance”) of Hong Kong and became effective for the assessment year 2018/2019. Under the two-tier profits tax rates regime, the profits tax rate for the first $0.26 million (HKD 2 million) of assessable profits of a corporation will be subject to a lowered tax rate of 8.25%, while the remaining assessable profits will be subject to the legacy tax rate of 16.5%.

KP (Hong Kong) did not earn any income that was derived in Hong Kong for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and, therefore, KP (Hong Kong) were not subject to Hong Kong profits tax for the periods reported.

Since the two-tier profit tax rates regime is tentative, we applied the original profits tax rate, 16.5%, for the calculation of deferred taxes for our subsidiaries in Hong Kong.

PRC

The PRC’s statutory income tax rate is 25%. The Company’s subsidiaries and VIE registered in the PRC are subject to the income tax rate of 25%, unless otherwise specified.

Income tax expense was comprised of the following:

 SCHEDULE OF COMPONENTS OF INCOME TAX EXPENSE BENEFIT

A reconciliation between the Company’s actual provision for income taxes and the provision at the statutory rate is as follow:

 SCHEDULE OF RECONCILIATION OF PROVISION OF INCOME TAX

Uncertain tax positions

The Company files tax returns as prescribed by the tax laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by the respective jurisdictions, where applicable. The statute of limitations for the tax returns varies by jurisdiction.

The statute of limitations for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to assess the income tax returns of a taxpayer expires three years from the due date of the income tax return or the date on which it was filed, whichever is later.

In accordance with the Hong Kong profits tax regulations, a tax assessment by the IRD may be initiated within six years after the relevant year of assessment, but that period is extendable to 10 years in the case of potential willful underpayment or evasion.

In accordance with the PRC Tax Administration Law on the Levying and Collection of Taxes, the PRC tax authorities generally have up to five years to assess underpaid tax plus penalties and interest for PRC entities’ tax filings. In the case of tax evasion, which is not clearly defined in the law, there is no limitation on the tax years open for investigation. Accordingly, the PRC entities remain subject to examination by the tax authorities based on the above.

As of June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, the Company did not accrue any liability, interest, or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the provision for income taxes in its consolidated financial statements. The Company does not expect that its assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next 12 months.