income_tax_hong_kong
Hong Kong (HK) Salaries Tax Calculator 2026/27
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What your Hong Kong salary actually costs you in tax this year, after allowances — and whether the standard rate caps the bill. Hong Kong does not tax salaries with a bracket table. It runs two calculations and charges you the lower one: progressive rates of 2% to 17% on what remains after your allowances, or a flat standard rate on your income before any allowances at all — 15% on the first HK$5,000,000, 16% above it. Which one wins turns entirely on your allowances, so a married taxpayer with children crosses over at a far higher salary than someone single. Most calculators model only the progressive scale, and so does most AI, which is why both overstate the bill for higher earners, sometimes by a lot. This runs both, shows you which one binds and by how much, and takes off the year’s one-off reduction at the end.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | string | no | Year of assessment Allowances rose in 2026/27 (basic HK$132,000 → HK$145,000). The one-off reduction for 2026/27 has not been announced yet, so it is treated as zero until the February 2027 Budget. |
| income | number | no | Annual income (HK$) Total assessable income for the year — salary, bonus, commission, and the rental value of any employer-provided housing. |
| status | string | no | Assessment basis The decisive input. Joint assessment doubles the basic allowance, which raises the income at which the standard rate takes over — the crossover is net income above 8.5 × allowances + HK$900,000. |
| children | number | no | Children claimed HK$140,000 each for 2026/27 (HK$130,000 for 2025/26), for up to nine children. The extra year-of-birth allowance is not modelled. |
| parents | number | no | Dependent parents/grandparents aged 60+ HK$55,000 each for 2026/27 (HK$50,000 for 2025/26). The 55–59 band is half and is not modelled here. |
| parentsLiveWith | string | no | Do those parents live with you? Living with you the whole year doubles the dependent-parent allowance. Easy to miss, and worth HK$55,000 of allowance per parent in 2026/27. |
| mpf | number | no | MPF mandatory contributions (HK$) Deductible up to HK$18,000 a year. Employee mandatory contributions only — voluntary ones are not deductible under this cap. |
| otherDeductions | number | no | Other deductions (HK$) Self-education (max 100,000), home-loan interest (100,000, or 120,000 with a young child), domestic rent (same), elderly residential care, annuity/TVC (60,000), VHIS. Enter the total. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"year": {
"description": "Year of assessment Allowances rose in 2026/27 (basic HK$132,000 → HK$145,000). The one-off reduction for 2026/27 has not been announced yet, so it is treated as zero until the February 2027 Budget.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"2026/27",
"2025/26"
],
"default": "2026/27"
},
"income": {
"description": "Annual income (HK$) Total assessable income for the year — salary, bonus, commission, and the rental value of any employer-provided housing.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000,
"default": 600000
},
"status": {
"description": "Assessment basis The decisive input. Joint assessment doubles the basic allowance, which raises the income at which the standard rate takes over — the crossover is net income above 8.5 × allowances + HK$900,000.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"single",
"married"
],
"default": "single"
},
"children": {
"description": "Children claimed HK$140,000 each for 2026/27 (HK$130,000 for 2025/26), for up to nine children. The extra year-of-birth allowance is not modelled.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9,
"default": 0
},
"parents": {
"description": "Dependent parents/grandparents aged 60+ HK$55,000 each for 2026/27 (HK$50,000 for 2025/26). The 55–59 band is half and is not modelled here.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 8,
"default": 0
},
"parentsLiveWith": {
"description": "Do those parents live with you? Living with you the whole year doubles the dependent-parent allowance. Easy to miss, and worth HK$55,000 of allowance per parent in 2026/27.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"no",
"yes"
],
"default": "no"
},
"mpf": {
"description": "MPF mandatory contributions (HK$) Deductible up to HK$18,000 a year. Employee mandatory contributions only — voluntary ones are not deductible under this cap.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 18000,
"default": 18000
},
"otherDeductions": {
"description": "Other deductions (HK$) Self-education (max 100,000), home-loan interest (100,000, or 120,000 with a young child), domestic rent (same), elderly residential care, annuity/TVC (60,000), VHIS. Enter the total.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 500000,
"default": 0
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}