Total tax paid
R 1 321
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 256 to pay you R 12 808. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.03 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.3% tax rate now rises to 10.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.