Income tax calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 1
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 0.01
Total tax
- R 0.01
Net pay
* R 0.99
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 0.99
Net pay
R 0.02
Tax the employer pays
R 0.01
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 0.03
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 0.02 to pay you R 1. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 12 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 0.12. That means that your net pay will be R 11.88 per year, or R 0.99 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 500
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R 10 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 12
0.0%
1
Germany
ZAR 12
0.0%
2
Austria
ZAR 12
0.0%
3
Ireland
ZAR 12
0.0%
4
Netherlands
ZAR 12
0.0%
5
Sweden
ZAR 12
0.0%
6
Norway
ZAR 12
0.0%
7
Switzerland
ZAR 12
2 425.9%
8
Spain
ZAR 11
6.4%
9
France
ZAR 11
9.6%
10
Italy
ZAR 11
9.6%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 11
11.0%
12
Luxembourg
ZAR 11
11.1%
13
Russia
ZAR 10
13.0%
14
Hungary
ZAR 10
18.5%
15
Ukraine
ZAR 10
19.5%
16
Poland
ZAR 9
21.6%
17
Greece
ZAR 9
22.2%
18
Portugal
ZAR 9
25.4%
19
Finland
ZAR 8
30.7%
20
Belgium
ZAR 8
31.8%
21
Romania
ZAR 7
44.0%
22
Denmark
ZAR 0
100.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
ZAR 12
2.2%
1
USA
ZAR 11
9.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 12
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 12
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 12
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 12
1 623.1%
4
Thailand
ZAR 11
5.0%
5
Indonesia
ZAR 11
8.8%
6
Taiwan
ZAR 11
8.9%
7
South Korea
ZAR 11
10.7%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 11
11.7%
9
India
ZAR 11
12.0%
10
China
ZAR 10
13.1%
11
Vietnam
ZAR 10
15.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 10
18.7%
13
Kazakhstan
ZAR 10
20.8%
14
Philippines
ZAR 5
59.1%
15
Malaysia
ZAR 5
60.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 12
2.4%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 11
7.5%
2
Brazil
ZAR 11
7.6%
3
Colombia
ZAR 11
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 11
9.1%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 11
9.5%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 11
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 11
10.6%
8
Peru
ZAR 10
12.4%
9
Argentina
ZAR 10
17.0%
10
Chile
ZAR 10
17.6%
11
Uruguay
ZAR 10
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 12
1.0%
1
Angola
ZAR 12
3.0%
2
Morocco
ZAR 11
6.7%
3
Cameroon
ZAR 10
15.6%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 10
16.3%
5
Kenya
ZAR 12
4 666.7%
6
Uganda
ZAR 11
5.0%
7
Ghana
ZAR 11
5.5%
8
Zambia
ZAR 11
6.0%
9
Ivory Coast
ZAR 11
7.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 12
219.9%
11
Mozambique
ZAR 12
937.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
ZAR 12
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 12
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 11
4.9%
3
Qatar
ZAR 11
5.0%
4
Lebanon
ZAR 11
7.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 11
7.7%
6
Bahrain
ZAR 11
8.0%
7
Kuwait
ZAR 11
10.0%
8
Israel
ZAR 10
13.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 10
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of South Africa, 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.