Total tax paid
R 1 175
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 242 to pay you R 12 112. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.97 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.7% tax rate now rises to 9.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.