Total tax paid
R 1 398
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 263 to pay you R 13 173. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.6% tax rate now rises to 10.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.