Income tax calculator Hong Kong
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$ 342,500
Income Tax
- $ 15,150
MPF
- $ 17,125
Total tax
- $ 32,275
Net pay
*
$ 310,225
Marginal tax rate
18.8%
Average tax rate
9.4%
90.6%
Net pay
9.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$ 310,225
Net pay
$ 17,125
Tax the employer pays
$ 32,275
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$ 49,400
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 17,125 to pay you $ 342,500. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 1.44 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.4% tax rate now rises to 13.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $ 342,500 a year living in Hong Kong, you will be taxed $ 32,275. That means that your net pay will be $ 310,225 per year, or $ 25,852 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.4% and your marginal tax rate is 18.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of $ 100 in your salary will be taxed $ 18.75, hence, your net pay will only increase by $ 81.25.
Bonus Example
A $ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 813 of net incomes. A $ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 4,063 of net incomes.
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Hong Kong, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.