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 1 552 916
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 683 691
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 683 868
Net pay
* R 869 048
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.0%
56.0%
Net pay
44.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 869 048
Net pay
R 15 706
Tax the employer pays
R 683 868
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 699 575
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 15 706 to pay you R 1 552 916. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.50 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44% tax rate now rises to 44.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 18 634 992 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 8 206 419. That means that your net pay will be R 10 428 573 per year, or R 869 048 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.0% 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 10 565 294
43.3%
1
Canada
ZAR 9 081 608
51.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 16 507 480
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 13 520 493
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 12 713 115
31.8%
3
Panama
ZAR 12 558 817
32.6%
4
Mexico
ZAR 12 199 730
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 12 150 108
34.8%
6
Argentina
ZAR 12 112 619
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 11 810 411
36.6%
8
Colombia
ZAR 11 792 209
36.7%
9
Chile
ZAR 11 620 988
37.6%
10
Peru
ZAR 11 556 077
38.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 10 876 660
41.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 18 443 689
1.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 18 375 331
1.4%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 18 287 621
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 17 703 242
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 17 703 242
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 17 144 193
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 13 981 224
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 13 979 655
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 10 856 659
41.7%
9
Israel
ZAR 9 759 088
47.6%
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.