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 10 953
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 603
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 110
Total tax
- R 712
Net pay
* R 10 241
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
6.5%
93.5%
Net pay
6.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 10 241
Net pay
R 219
Tax the employer pays
R 712
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 931
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 219 to pay you R 10 953. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.85 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.5% tax rate now rises to 8.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 131 436 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 548. That means that your net pay will be R 122 888 per year, or R 10 241 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.5% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
R 10 500
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R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 120 026
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 102 383
22.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 131 436
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 131 436
0.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 124 319
5.4%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 123 577
6.0%
4
Taiwan
ZAR 119 803
8.9%
5
Philippines
ZAR 116 848
11.1%
6
South Korea
ZAR 116 055
11.7%
7
Malaysia
ZAR 115 983
11.8%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 115 808
11.9%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 115 112
12.4%
10
India
ZAR 107 804
18.0%
11
Japan
ZAR 106 803
18.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 106 403
19.1%
13
Singapore
ZAR 105 228
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 104 097
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 94 373
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 120 987
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 120 921
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 119 015
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 118 833
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 117 635
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 116 978
11.0%
6
Peru
ZAR 115 006
12.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 115 001
12.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 114 581
12.8%
9
Chile
ZAR 108 303
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 105 017
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 85 308
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 122 888
6.5%
1
Morocco
ZAR 111 366
15.3%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 104 022
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 103 306
21.4%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 103 238
21.5%
5
Kenya
ZAR 101 425
22.8%
6
Angola
ZAR 98 390
25.1%
7
Ghana
ZAR 97 892
25.5%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 91 643
30.3%
9
Uganda
ZAR 90 732
31.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 90 233
31.4%
11
Zambia
ZAR 89 257
32.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 124 864
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 124 864
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 120 921
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 120 921
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 118 292
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 116 978
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 114 152
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 103 059
21.6%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 101 988
22.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 79 757
39.3%
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.