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 1 540 648 470
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 693 276 690
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 693 276 868
Net pay
* R 847 371 602
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 847 371 602
Net pay
R 15 406 662
Tax the employer pays
R 693 276 868
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 708 683 529
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 15 406 662 to pay you R 1 540 648 470. 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 18 487 781 640 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 319 322 410. That means that your net pay will be R 10 168 459 230 per year, or R 847 371 602 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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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 9 854 620 457
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 8 591 767 932
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 16 638 880 787
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 15 344 917 973
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 14 420 624 224
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 12 497 807 300
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 12 017 087 843
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 12 017 138 703
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 12 017 306 796
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 11 477 957 577
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 11 277 738 929
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 11 093 123 640
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 10 907 956 994
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 10 168 792 411
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 9 964 066 419
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 9 798 870 968
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 9 637 993 748
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 2 131 328 998
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 16 363 198 265
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 13 403 651 812
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 12 410 127 802
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 12 340 714 205
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 12 017 145 052
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 12 017 057 941
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 11 952 453 416
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 11 323 908 399
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 11 277 528 868
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 11 229 231 319
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 11 093 108 976
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 10 546 878 403
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 18 487 521 979
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 18 487 590 337
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 18 302 742 803
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 17 563 392 558
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 17 563 392 558
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 17 008 759 109
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 13 865 841 210
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 13 865 839 641
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 10 767 472 359
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 9 244 332 412
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.