Claim the child allowance on your tax return
Salaries tax gives a child allowance of HK$140,000 per child from the year of assessment 2026/27, up from HK$130,000 for 2023/24 to 2025/26. Checked against ird.gov.hk on 22 September 2026.
- Who it applies to
- Everyone having a baby in Hong Kong
- On your timeline
- Paperbump schedules this between 6 months and 12 months after the birth
- Official source
- ird.gov.hk
- Last checked
- 22 September 2026
What else to know
From 2026/27 the Inland Revenue Department grants an additional child allowance for each child in the first 2 years following childbirth, so a newborn can be worth HK$280,000 in each of those 2 years; before 2026/27 the extra allowance came only in the year of birth. Which year of assessment your baby falls into depends on the birth, because Hong Kong's tax year runs from 1 April to 31 March: a baby born in April is claimed on the return you file the following spring, nearly a year later. You claim it on the return itself, and you can claim only for a child you maintain who is under 18, or 18 to 24 and in full-time education, or 18 or over and unable to work because of a physical or mental disability.
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