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Income Tax Calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
SalaryR 12 234
PAYE (Pay As You Earn) -R 5 418
Unemployment insurance -R 1
Total tax -R 5 419
Net pay *R 6 815
Marginal tax rate 45.0%
Average tax rate 44.3%
44.3%Total tax
55.7%
Net pay
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R 6 815
Net pay
R 123
Tax the employer pays
R 5 419
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
R 5,542
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 123 to pay you R 12 234. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.53 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.3% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make R 25 446 470 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 11 271 584. That means that your net pay will be R 14 174 886 per year, or R 1 181 241 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.3% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of R 100 in your salary will be taxed R 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.

Bonus Example

A R 1,000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5,000 bonus will generate an extra R 2,750 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the South Africa tables of ZA, 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.