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hktaxwise.

The calmest way to file your HK taxes.

A free calculator and a HK$128 walkthrough that turn your BIR60 into a 20-minute conversation, not an afternoon of dread.

No signup, no email.

  • No loan ads. No credit-card pitches. Not affiliated with any bank.
  • Citations to the IRO on every number we show.
  • Your inputs stay in your browser — we don't store your salary on our servers.

Updated for Year of Assessment 2025/26 — including the new HK$3,000 rebate cap.

Why HKTaxWise

Plain English (and plain Cantonese).

Every jargon term gets a one-line definition you can actually understand. We say "the 5% taken from your paycheck for retirement" — not "MPF mandatory contributions under EO Cap. 485".

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Find what you're missing.

Eight of ten HK filers leave something on the table — a deduction, an allowance, a smarter assessment choice. The calculator surfaces these as you go, with the math you can check.

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Your siblings won't both claim Dad.

Only one person can claim the dependent-parent allowance. We generate the friendly WhatsApp-able note so your family agrees once, and you both file with confidence.

How it works →

How it works

  1. Tell us about you

    A few short questions about your job, your family, your home. We only ask what we need — never spouse questions if you're single, never child questions if you don't have kids.

  2. See your estimate, plain

    We show your estimated tax, the deductions and allowances that apply to you, and the comparison between joint, separate, and personal assessment if you're married. Each number links to the IRO section behind it.

  3. Walk through the BIR60 (optional, HK$128)

    If you want, we walk you line-by-line through the actual BIR60, save your progress between sittings, and give you a clean printable summary you can copy into eTAX.

Free. No signup. No email. Use it as many times as you want.

Try the free calculator

Open the calculator and answer the first question — most people finish in under five minutes.

That's the free calculator. If you want HKTaxWise to walk you through the actual BIR60 form, save your progress between sittings, and give you a printable summary — that's the HK$128 Filer.

What you might be missing

Three of the most-missed items, calmly.

The HK$3,000 rebate, doubled

The 2025/26 one-off salaries-tax reduction is 100% of your final tax, capped at HK$3,000 per case — double last year's HK$1,500. IRD applies it automatically, but it doesn't apply to provisional tax, which catches a lot of people off-guard at payment time.

The dependent-parent allowance, lost in the family group chat

If your parent is 60 or older and lives with you, you can claim up to HK$100,000 in allowance — but only one person in the family can claim per parent per year. If you and your siblings don't talk about it, the allowance silently disappears.

The domestic rents deduction, still unclaimed

Renters can deduct up to HK$100,000 of rent per year (introduced YA 2022/23) — but only if your lease is stamped. A lot of HK tenants don't know the deduction exists, and almost as many don't know about the stamping rule.

Common questions

Is this free?
The calculator is fully free — no signup, no email, no limits. The HK$128 Filer is optional and only needed if you want us to walk through the actual BIR60 with you, save your progress, and generate a printable summary.
Will HKTaxWise file my return for me?
No — only the IRD's eTAX can submit your return. We prepare it cleanly so you can copy the figures into eTAX (or onto the paper BIR60) without re-thinking. The eTAX submission step stays with you, which is also why we don't see your HKID.
Are you a CPA firm?
No. We're a Hong Kong software product. CPAs are great for complex cases (rental property, cross-border employment income, ESOP edge cases) and we'll honestly tell you when we think you should call one. For the typical salaried filer, we do the prep work a CPA would do, at a fraction of the cost.
How do I know your numbers are right?
Every number we show links to the IRO section behind it. We update our tax-year data after each Budget and gazette of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance, and we mark anything still under verification. If you find an error, please email — we'll fix it and credit you.
What about my privacy?
The free calculator runs in your browser; we don't collect your income figures on our servers. The HK$128 Filer saves your progress so you can come back across sittings — that data is encrypted at rest and never sent to any AI provider in clear text. We don't sell your data and we don't run ads.
Why HK$128? Why not free or subscription?
HK$128 is roughly one tenth of a CPA's fee for a simple return — low enough that it's an easy decision when you've just found an extra HK$2,000 of deductions; high enough that it pays for our team to keep the tax data fresh and citations correct. We don't do subscriptions because HK tax is once a year and we're not in the business of charging you when you're not using us.

What it costs

Free

HK$0

Use forever, no signup.

  • Salaries tax estimator for 2025/26
  • All allowances and deductions surfaced as you go
  • Joint vs Separate vs Personal Assessment comparator
  • Plain-English explanation of every number
  • Citations to the IRO section behind each calculation
  • Cantonese + English

Filer

HK$128

One-shot, per filing year. No subscription. No auto-renewal. No surprises.

  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Line-by-line walk through the actual BIR60
  • Save your progress across sittings
  • Printable, citation-stamped summary you can copy into eTAX
  • Sibling-coordination claim consent note (free for now)
  • Year-over-year diff in season 2

Educational tool only. Not personalised tax advice. Not affiliated with the Inland Revenue Department.

Always confirm your final figures against IRD's official guidance at ird.gov.hk before you submit.