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Hong Kong Salaries Tax – Illustration of Computation of Salaries Tax

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Hong Kong Salaries Tax – Illustration of Computation of Salaries Tax

Example
Mr. CHAN Tai Man, single, was employed as Senior Marketing Manager with a monthly salary of HK$60,000. In addition, his employer provided him with a flat as his place of residence. In his 2019/20 tax return, he claimed deduction for membership fee to Hong Kong Institute of Marketing of HK$2,000, contribution to Mandatory Provident Fund of HK$18,000 and expenses of self-education of HK$15,500. According to his previous year’s tax assessment, he already paid HK$60,000 for Provisional Tax for the year of assessment 2019/20.

Mr. Chan’s tax payable can be computed as follows:


HK$

Income (HK$60,000 x 12 months)

720,000

Rental Value (HK$720,000 – HK$2,000) x 10%

71,800

791,800

Less:  Outgoings and expenses

(2,000)

MPF contributions

(18,000)

Expenses of self-education

(15,500)

Net Total Income

756,300

Less:  Basic Allowance

(132,000)

Net Chargeable Income

624,300



Tax at progressive rates

First HK$50,000 @ 2%

1,000

Next HK$50,000 @ 6%

3,000

Next HK$50,000 @ 10%

5,000

Next HK$50,000 @ 14%

7,000

Remainder HK$424,300 @ 17%

72,131

88,131

Less:  Tax reduction, capped at HK$20,000

(20,000)

Final Tax 2019/20

68,131



Tax at standard rate

HK$756,300 @ 15%

113,445

Less:  Tax reduction, capped at HK$20,000

(20,000)

Tax thereon (not applicable since tax amount will be higher)

93,445



Final tax 2019/20 (as above)

68,131

Less:  Net provisional tax charged 2019/20

(60,000)

Balance of tax payable

8,131

Add:  Provisional tax 2020/21

88,131

Total tax payable

96,262


Tax is normally demanded in 2 instalments. The first instalment will be made up of (a) balance of tax payable for 2019/20: HK$8,131 and (b) 75% of the provisional tax payable for 2020/21, i.e. HK$88,131 @ 75% = HK$66,098, amounting to HK$74,229. The second instalment of tax will be 25% of the provisional tax payable for 2020/21: HK$88,131 @ 25% = HK$22,033.

Taxpayers are only required to pay 75% of his provisional salaries tax for a year after they have earned the income for at least nine months in the same year. Therefore, the due date of first instalment is usually around January 2021, taxpayers would have earned income for 9 months to 31 December 2020. And the remaining 25% is paid after they have earned the income for the whole year. So, the due date of second instalment is usually around April 2021, taxpayers would have earned income for the 12 months to 31 March 2021. Hence, paying provisional tax is not paying tax in advance nor paying tax on future income.

Source:Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department’s website
- https://www.ird.gov.hk/eng/ppr/archives/13102301.htm
- https://www.ird.gov.hk/eng/pdf/pam39e.pdf

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