🇭🇰 Hong Kong Tax Residency

60-day physical-presence rule. Top personal rate 17%. Effective corporate rate 8.25%. Updated for 2026.

Headline rates

Days threshold
60
days
Personal top
17%
Capital gains
0%
Dividends
0%
Corporate effective
8.25%
Wealth taxNo
Exit taxNo
Corporate headline16.5%
Regionasia

How the corporate effective rate is achieved

Two-tier: 8.25% on first HKD 2M profit, 16.5% above. Territorial — offshore profits often tax-free. FSIE 2023 reform requires economic substance for foreign passive income exemption.

Alternative residency routes

Territorial: only HK-source income taxed. Salaries Tax 60-day exemption for incidental visits. CGT 0%. FSIE regime (Foreign-Sourced Income Exemption) tightened 2023 — passive income from non-treaty countries may be taxed.

Notes

Not EU. Special Administrative Region of China. Treaty network growing but smaller than Singapore. Recently tightened FSIE under EU "grey list" pressure.

Compare Hong Kong with 19 other jurisdictions

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