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 1 337 462
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 586 737
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 586 914
Net pay
* R 750 548
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.9%
56.1%
Net pay
43.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 750 548
Net pay
R 13 552
Tax the employer pays
R 586 914
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 600 466
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 13 552 to pay you R 1 337 462. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.49 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.9% tax rate now rises to 44.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 16 049 544 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 042 967. That means that your net pay will be R 9 006 577 per year, or R 750 548 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.9% 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.
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Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 9 187 250
42.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 7 880 140
50.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 14 321 901
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 13 380 333
16.6%
2
Singapore
ZAR 12 673 189
21.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 10 916 535
32.0%
4
Thailand
ZAR 10 680 933
33.5%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 10 512 840
34.5%
6
Vietnam
ZAR 10 461 806
34.8%
7
Philippines
ZAR 10 091 033
37.1%
8
Taiwan
ZAR 10 084 383
37.2%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 9 982 351
37.8%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 9 819 775
38.8%
11
China
ZAR 9 339 759
41.8%
12
Japan
ZAR 9 126 319
43.1%
13
South Korea
ZAR 8 922 138
44.4%
14
Australia
ZAR 8 852 957
44.8%
15
India
ZAR 5 783 300
64.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 14 219 149
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 11 646 043
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 10 977 633
31.6%
3
Panama
ZAR 10 833 030
32.5%
4
Mexico
ZAR 10 519 189
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 10 478 616
34.7%
6
Argentina
ZAR 10 432 078
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 10 240 113
36.2%
8
Colombia
ZAR 10 215 148
36.4%
9
Chile
ZAR 10 069 719
37.3%
10
Peru
ZAR 9 972 490
37.9%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 9 401 753
41.4%
12
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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.