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 1 012 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 440 279
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 440 456
Net pay
*
R 571 544
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.5%
56.5%
Net pay
43.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 571 544
Net pay
R 10 297
Tax the employer pays
R 440 456
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 450 753
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 10 297 to pay you R 1 012 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.45 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.5% tax rate now rises to 44.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 12 144 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 285 472. That means that your net pay will be R 6 858 528 per year, or R 571 544 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.5% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 7 105 595
41.5%
1
Canada
ZAR 6 065 218
50.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 10 806 911
11.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 10 138 732
16.5%
2
Singapore
ZAR 9 626 865
20.7%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 8 276 387
31.9%
4
Thailand
ZAR 8 142 330
33.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 7 974 237
34.3%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 7 923 202
34.8%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 7 741 056
36.3%
8
Philippines
ZAR 7 666 341
36.9%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 7 599 969
37.4%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 7 515 543
38.1%
11
China
ZAR 7 191 709
40.8%
12
Japan
ZAR 7 021 510
42.2%
13
South Korea
ZAR 6 886 229
43.3%
14
Australia
ZAR 6 783 019
44.2%
15
India
ZAR 5 333 888
56.1%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 10 762 426
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 8 814 523
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 8 356 036
31.2%
3
Panama
ZAR 8 226 080
32.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 7 980 586
34.3%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 7 953 681
34.5%
6
Argentina
ZAR 7 893 475
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 7 868 042
35.2%
8
Colombia
ZAR 7 832 859
35.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 7 726 392
36.4%
10
Peru
ZAR 7 580 344
37.6%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 7 173 777
40.9%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 8 837 883
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 8 509 932
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 8 264 675
31.9%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 8 262 589
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 8 051 233
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 7 933 459
34.7%
6
Zambia
ZAR 7 473 823
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 7 416 087
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 7 399 846
39.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 7 307 017
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 6 858 528
43.5%
11
Uganda
ZAR 6 743 593
44.5%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 11 952 696
1.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 11 884 339
2.1%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 11 861 539
2.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 11 536 800
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 11 536 800
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 11 172 480
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 9 112 980
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 9 111 411
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 7 076 241
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 6 513 592
46.4%
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.