Total tax paid
R 1 919
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 313 to pay you R 15 656. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.23 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.3% tax rate now rises to 12.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.