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 1 364
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 13.64
Total tax
- R 13.64
Net pay
* R 1 350
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 1 350
Net pay
R 27.28
Tax the employer pays
R 13.64
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 40.92
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 27.28 to pay you R 1 364. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 16 368 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 164. That means that your net pay will be R 16 204 per year, or R 1 350 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 1 500
R 2 000
R 2 500
R 3 000
R 3 500
R 4 000
R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
1
Germany
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
2
Austria
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
3
Ireland
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
4
Sweden
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
5
Norway
ZAR 16 368
0.0%
6
Spain
ZAR 15 329
6.4%
7
Italy
ZAR 14 864
9.2%
8
France
ZAR 14 780
9.7%
9
Switzerland
ZAR 14 772
9.8%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 14 568
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
ZAR 14 559
11.1%
12
Russia
ZAR 14 240
13.0%
13
Hungary
ZAR 13 340
18.5%
14
Ukraine
ZAR 13 176
19.5%
15
Poland
ZAR 12 853
21.5%
16
Greece
ZAR 12 792
21.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 12 186
25.6%
18
Finland
ZAR 11 335
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 11 130
32.0%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 10 302
37.1%
21
Denmark
ZAR 9 919
39.4%
22
Romania
ZAR 9 575
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
ZAR 15 759
3.7%
1
USA
ZAR 14 950
8.7%
2
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.