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 1 425 085 064
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 641 273 158
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 641 273 335
Net pay
* R 783 811 729
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 783 811 729
Net pay
R 14 251 028
Tax the employer pays
R 641 273 335
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 655 524 363
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 14 251 028 to pay you R 1 425 085 064. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, 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 17 101 020 768 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 695 280 018. That means that your net pay will be R 9 405 740 750 per year, or R 783 811 729 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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 9 115 476 912
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 7 947 334 607
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 15 135 802 565
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 12 398 250 180
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 11 479 264 567
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 11 415 051 322
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 11 115 750 485
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 11 115 663 374
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 11 055 912 512
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 10 474 517 364
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 10 431 637 984
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 10 386 968 236
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 10 261 052 453
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 9 755 779 862
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 12 440 995 731
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 11 970 723 670
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 11 668 432 515
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 11 632 116 566
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 11 312 343 215
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 11 115 703 359
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 10 517 133 035
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 10 411 978 707
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 10 363 054 101
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 10 260 633 077
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 9 405 740 750
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 9 405 625 815
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 17 100 761 107
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 17 100 829 465
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 16 929 849 539
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 16 245 969 730
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 16 245 969 730
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 15 732 939 107
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 12 825 770 556
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 12 825 768 987
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 9 959 808 959
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 8 550 951 976
50.0%
10
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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.